The Anti-Tank Mine, General Service, Mk V was a cylindrical, metal-cased United Kingdom
anti-tank blast mine that entered service in 1943, during the
Second World War
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.
It was replaced in British service with the
Mk 7 mine
The Mk 7 mine was a circular British anti-tank blast mine. It replaced the World War 2-era Mk 5 mine, and has in turn been replaced by the L9 bar mine.
The Mk 7 can be laid either by hand or from a mechanical mine layer. The mine is conventional ...
. Two versions of the mine were produced, the ''Mk. V'' and the ''Mk. VC'' with the same external dimensions. The only difference was that the Mk. VC had a half-sized explosive charge.
The mine used a spider pressure plate that makes it resistant to blast overpressure. The spider rests on a central Mk 3 fuse (sometimes referred to as No.3 Mk I), which contains a spring-loaded striker held in place by a
shear pin {{unreferenced, date=September 2018
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. The mine, being made largely of steel tended to rust making its activation unpredictable.
It is found in
Angola
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, Egypt,
Jordan
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Libya
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Mozambique
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Sudan
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, and
Zimbabwe
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Variants
* Mine G.S. Mk VC (general service version)
* Mine G.S. Mk V
References
;Citations
;Bibliography
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* ''Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006''
* NAVORD OP 1665, ''British Explosive Ordnance'', Naval Ordnance Systems Command (Updated 1970)
Anti-tank mines of the United Kingdom
World War II weapons of the United Kingdom
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