Claymore mine
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claymore-mine-228-2492993
title:
Claymore mine
text:
The Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces. Its inventor, Norman MacLeod, named the mine after a large medieval Scottish sword. Unlike a conventional land mine, the Claymore may be command-detonated, and is directional, shooting a wide pattern of metal balls into a kill zone. The Claymore can also be activated by a booby-trap tripwire firing system for use in area denial operations. The Claymore fires steel balls out to about 100 m (110 yd
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American directional anti-personnel mine
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore_mine
date created:
2002-02-02T11:47:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T05:26:32Z
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