The MON-100 is a circular, sheet metal bodied, directional type of
anti-personnel mine
An anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine (APL) is a form of land mine, mine designed for use against human, humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles. APLs are classified into: blast mines and fragmentation mines; ...
designed and manufactured in the early 1960s by the
Soviet Union
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. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation and resembles a large bowl.
The mine is reported to be deployed in Angola, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.
Design
The MON-100 mine body has a smooth, well finished appearance with a
webbing
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handle mounted on the upper edge. It is usually attached to a mounting shackle by wing nuts on either side of the mine body (the shackle is connected to a spike for securing the mine to buildings, trees etc.). The concave face of the mine has a detonator cavity in its center (this is the side aimed at the target).
The mine contains 2 kg of explosive to propel 450 steel rod fragments to a lethal range of 100 m (thus the "100" in the name),
at maximum range the spread of the fragmentation is 9.5 m. The mine alone weighs 5 kg but with the shackle and mounting spike the weight is 7.53 kg. The MON 100 can be command actuated using a PN manual inductor attached by demolition cable to an EDP-R electric detonator. It can also be actuated by a variety of
booby trap
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(BT) switches including:
*MUV series pull
*MVE-72 electric breakwire
*VP13 seismic controller.
The MON-100 will usually be mounted above ground level on the surface or up in trees to give the greatest dispersion of fragments. The mine can be located visually or with metal detectors under most field conditions. Depending on its actuation method the MON-100 may be resistant to blast overpressure from explosive breaching systems like the
Giant Viper
The Giant Viper was a trailer-mounted, vehicle-pulled, mine clearance system, designed to be deployed in areas containing land mines. It was developed for the British Army in the 1950s. It was designed to be towed behind a Centurion gun tank, FV400 ...
and
M58 MICLIC. The mine is also produced for export to
Poland
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.
Specifications
*Country of origin:
Soviet Union
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*Mine action:
*Material: Sheet metal
*Shape: Circular
*Colour: Green, olive
*Total weight: 5 kg
*Explosive content: 2 kg
TNT
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*Operating pressure (kg):
*Length: n/a
*Width: 82.5 mm
*Height: n/a
*Diameter: 236 mm
*Fuse #1: Command detonated using PN manual inductor attached by demolition cable to an EDP-R electric detonator
*Fuse #2:
**MUV Series Mechanical Pull or
**MVE-72 Electric Breakwire (battery powered) or
**VP13 Seismic Controller (battery powered).
National copies
* MDH-10
Vietnam
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, a copy of the MON-100
* KN-10
Cambodia
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, a simplified version of the MDH-10
See also
*
MON-50
The MON-50 () is a Soviet rectangular, slightly convex, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed to wound or kill by explosive fragmentation. It first entered service in 1965 and is a copy of the American M18 Claymore wit ...
a smaller
Claymore
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-style mine.
*
MON-90
MON-90
The MON-90 () is a Claymore-shaped, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed in the Soviet Union. It is designed to wound or kill by fragmentation. The mine is similar in appearance to the MON-50, but is approxima ...
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MON-200 and a larger version of the MON-100 mine.
References
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Area denial weapons
Cold War weapons of the Soviet Union
Land mines of the Soviet Union
Military equipment introduced in the 1960s