The Type 63 AT mine is a large circular Japanese
minimum metal anti-tank blast mine. The mine does not float and is waterproof, enabling it to be used in shallow water. The mine uses a standard mechanical pressure
fuze
In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function. In some applications, such as torpedoes, a fuze may be identified by function as the exploder. The relative complexity of even the earliest fu ...
, with three
ball bearing
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The purpose of a ball bearing is to reduce rotational friction and support radial and axial loads. It achieves this ...
s retaining a spring-loaded
striker over a
detonator
A detonator is a device used to make an explosive or explosive device explode. Detonators come in a variety of types, depending on how they are initiated (chemically, mechanically, or electrically) and details of their inner working, which of ...
assembly. The Type 63B variant has a secondary fuze well to attach an
anti-handling device
An anti-handling device is an attachment to or an integral part of a landmine or other munition such as some fuze types found in general-purpose air-dropped bombs, cluster bombs and sea mines. It is designed to prevent tampering or disabling, ...
.
Specifications
* Diameter: 305 mm
* Height: 216 mm
* Weight: 14.5 kg
* Explosive content: 11 kg of
Composition B
Composition B (Comp B), also known as Hexotol and Hexolite (among others), is a high explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT. It is used as the main explosive filling in artillery projectiles, rockets, land mines, hand grenade ...
* Operating pressure: 181 kg
References
* ''Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006''
Anti-tank mines
Land mines of Japan
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