Area Denial Artillery Munition
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Area Denial Artillery Munition (ADAM) is a family of US
land mines and 155 mm artillery
projectiles.
The mines carried by these projectiles are the M67 long-duration anti-personnel mine
s and M72 short-duration anti-personnel landmines intended to maim or kill enemy combatants. The duration refers to the self-destruct time, which is set at the time of manufacture to 4 or 48 hours.
Once the mine lands, it launches seven tripwire
s before arming itself. Any disturbance of the tripwires will trigger the mine. The mine is entirely electrically detonated, if the battery level of the mine drops below a pre-set level - the mine self-destructs. Even if the mine does not self-destruct, the battery will fully discharge after 14 days, rendering the mine inactive.
The mines contain a spherical warhead in a void that also contains 51 g of M10 liquid propellent. The void allows the propellent fluid to settle under gravity in the correct position beneath the warhead so that the warhead is always launched in an upward direction irrespective of the initial orientation of the mine.
Upon activation the spherical warhead is launched upward to a height of 1–2 m where it detonates, producing approximately 600 fragments travelling at a velocity of 900 m/s.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
land mines and 155 mm artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
projectiles.
The mines carried by these projectiles are the M67 long-duration anti-personnel mine
Anti-personnel mine
Anti-personnel mines are a form of land mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles...
s and M72 short-duration anti-personnel landmines intended to maim or kill enemy combatants. The duration refers to the self-destruct time, which is set at the time of manufacture to 4 or 48 hours.
Once the mine lands, it launches seven tripwire
Tripwire
A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism. Typically, a wire or cord is attached to some device for detecting or reacting to physical movement...
s before arming itself. Any disturbance of the tripwires will trigger the mine. The mine is entirely electrically detonated, if the battery level of the mine drops below a pre-set level - the mine self-destructs. Even if the mine does not self-destruct, the battery will fully discharge after 14 days, rendering the mine inactive.
The mines contain a spherical warhead in a void that also contains 51 g of M10 liquid propellent. The void allows the propellent fluid to settle under gravity in the correct position beneath the warhead so that the warhead is always launched in an upward direction irrespective of the initial orientation of the mine.
Upon activation the spherical warhead is launched upward to a height of 1–2 m where it detonates, producing approximately 600 fragments travelling at a velocity of 900 m/s.
M67/M72 mine
- Self-destruct time:
- M67: 48 hours
- M72: 4 hours
- Height: 82.5 mm
- Width: 57 mm
- Weight: 540 g
- Explosive content: 21.9 g of composition A5 (RDX/wax)
M692/M731 155 mm projectile
- Weight (fuzed): 46.7 kg
- Length: 899 mm
- Contents:
- M692: 36 M67 mines (long delay)
- M731: 36 M72 mines (short delay)
See also
- Anti-personnel mineAnti-personnel mineAnti-personnel mines are a form of land mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles...
- Land mineLand mineA land mine is usually a weight-triggered explosive device which is intended to damage a target—either human or inanimate—by means of a blast and/or fragment impact....
- Ottawa TreatyOttawa TreatyThe Ottawa Treaty or the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, officially known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world. , there were 158...
- M86 Pursuit Deterrent MunitionM86 Pursuit Deterrent MunitionThe M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition is a small US anti-personnel mine intended to be used by special forces to deter pursuing enemy forces....