SACI mine
Encyclopedia
The SACI is an Italian
Bakelite cased minimum metal anti-tank blast landmine
. A number of variants were produced with varying amounts of explosive. The mine has three fuze wells on the top surface, that are covered with a pressure plate. Several types of fuzes were made including a low metal fuze. Combined with the low metal fuze the mine is very difficult to detect with mine detectors.
The mine can be fitted with anti-handling devices, it has two secondary fuze wells, one in the base, one in the side. The mine's case is prone to disintegrating in hot dry conditions, which can expose the bare fuzes reducing the activation pressure of the mine. The mine is found in Jordan
, Nicaragua
, and Somalia
.
Italy
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Bakelite cased minimum metal anti-tank blast landmine
Anti-tank mine
An anti-tank mine, , is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles....
. A number of variants were produced with varying amounts of explosive. The mine has three fuze wells on the top surface, that are covered with a pressure plate. Several types of fuzes were made including a low metal fuze. Combined with the low metal fuze the mine is very difficult to detect with mine detectors.
The mine can be fitted with anti-handling devices, it has two secondary fuze wells, one in the base, one in the side. The mine's case is prone to disintegrating in hot dry conditions, which can expose the bare fuzes reducing the activation pressure of the mine. The mine is found in Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
, and Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
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Specifications (SACI 54/7)
- Weight: 8.23 kg
- Explosive content: 7 kg of TNT (explosive)
- Diameter: 282 mm,
- Height: 205 mm
- Operating pressure: 100 to 200 kg
Variants
- SACI 54/5 - with 5 kg of explosive
- SACI 54/7 - with 7 kg of explosive
- B Mk 1 mine - An EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian copy of the 54/7
- B Mk 1 mine - An Egypt
- SACI 54/9 - with 9 kg of explosive