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m2 mine wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 development 2 status 3 variants 4 references 5 notes toggle the table of contents m2 mine 6 languages deutsch bahasa indonesia polski português русский українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia antipersonnel mine m2 mine an m2a4 mine with a m6a1 pressure and pull fuse type antipersonnel mine place of origin united states production history produced january 1943 september 1944 no built approximately 4 161 000 specifications mine antipersonnel m2a3 mass 5 01 lb 2 27 kg width 4 04 in 103 mm height 8 25 in 210 mm filling tnt filling weight 0 34 lb 0 15 kg references catalogue of standard ordnance items second edition 1944 volume iii the m2 is a united states bounding anti personnel mine used during world war ii a number of variants of the mine were produced and although the mine is no longer in us service it can be found in cyprus iran iraq korea laos oman rwanda tunisia and the western sahara copies of the mine were produced by belgium as the prb m966 pakistan p7 portugal m 966 and taiwan the mine consists of a cylindrical steel main body containing a 60 millimeter mortar shell body originally the m49a2 linked to a tall thin fuze stand the fuze stand held either a pin based tripwire fuze or a combination pressure tripwire fuze with a pronged pressure cap later fuzes were sensitive to pressure or pull and could be used with a tripwire when the mine is triggered a black powder charge launches the mortar shell out of the main body of the mine and into the air a pyrotechnic delay fuse triggers the mine when it has risen to between two and three meters in height the lethal radius of the mine is reported to be approximately ten meters development edit the us began development of the anti personnel mines in the summer of 1940 spurred on by events in the second world war a french officer major pierre delalande sometimes paul delalande who had escaped the fall of france came to the us with the plans of the modele 1939 bounding mine 1 the m2 series of mines were based on this design and were first fielded in mid 1943 status edit the mine has not been in us service for some time having been replaced by the m16 mine soon after the second world war the m2 was not considered a successful design and was replaced with more successful german based designs 2 with the advent of the ottawa treaty large stockpiles of this mine have been eliminated as of 2006 update cyprus 3 greece 4 turkey 5 and possibly taiwan 6 hold stockpiles of this mine cyprus greece and turkey are expected to have destroyed their stockpiles of the mine by march 2008 variants edit the variants of the mine differ in detail of the fuze and base section of the mine the early mines had a large thin flat circular base while later mines had a smaller thicker base later version of the mine were also better waterproofed m2a1 m2a1b m2a1b1 a variant of the mine using the same shell however the fuze holder and body of the mine are merged into a single piece of cast iron intended to simplify mass production the mine was 3 78 inches wide at the widest point and 8 63 inches high weighing a total of 7 16 pounds 7 m2a2 m2a3 this variant was in service during the second world war the principal difference between this mine and later variants appears to have been the use of an increased propellent charge in this variant 8 m2a3b2 m2a4 m2a4b2 references edit m2 mine at ordata jane s mines and mine clearance 2005 2006 brassey s essential guide to anti personnel landmines us army fm 20 43 notes edit the mine was patented in the united states under the name paul delalande us patent 2 374 179 at googlepatents lieutenant colonel john ingraham col dalton jones technical intelligence bulletins 8 5 2003 available online archived 2015 12 12 at the wayback machine is in the process of eliminating its mine stockpile and currently has an uncertain number of m2a1 and m2a3 mines in its stockpile it has also kept approximately 100 each of the m2a1 and m2a3 types for research and training 2006 icbl report a reported stockpile of 214 374 mines icbl report 2006 stockpile of 146 882 mines 2006 icbl report the government refuses to release details of their stockpiles and they have produced the m2 under license 2006 icbl report 2004 icbl report standard ordnance items catalog 1944 volume 3 page 596 this diagram shows a cross section of the mines note that the m2a3 has a double charge indicated diagram at ordata mines archived 2012 02 09 at the wayback machine retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title m2_mine oldid 1358532258 categories anti personnel mines land mines of the united states hidden categories use american english from june 2026 all wikipedia articles written in american english articles with short description short description is different from wikidata webarchive template wayback links articles containing potentially dated statements from 2006 all articles containing potentially dated statements this page was last edited on 9 june 2026 at 08 11 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia 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