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Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines (2001)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)

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. "Appendix C: Current Types of U.S. Landmines." Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001.

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TABLE C-1 Current U.S. Mines
         

Dismounted Enemy

 

Mounted Enemy

 

System Name

APL/AT/Mixed Non-mine

Self-destructing/Self-deactivating

Lethal/Nonlethal

Ottawa Compliant a

Remotely Delivered

Hand Emplaced

Remotely Delivered

Hand Emplaced

M14

APL

N

L

N

 

X

   

M16

APL

N

L

N

 

X

   

Claymore(M18)

APL

N

L

Y

 

X

   

Pursuit-Denial Munition (PDM)

APL

Y

L

N

 

X

   

Ground-Emplaced Mine Scattering System (GEMSS)

Mix

Y

L

N

X

 

X

 

Modular-Pack Mine System (MOPMS)

Mix

Y

L

N

 

X

 

X

Area-Denial Artillery Munition (ADAM)

APL

Y

L

N

X

     

Remote Antiarmor Mine System (RAAMS)

AT

Y

L

Y

   

X

 

Gator

Mix

Y

L

N

X

 

X

 

Hornet / Wide Area Munition (WAM)

AT

Y

L

Y

     

X

Volcano (M87)

Mix

Y

L

N

X

 

X

 

Volcano (M87A1)

AT

Y

L

Y

   

X

 

Note: Systems in italics will not be available outside Korea after 2003 and will not be available anywhere once the Ottawa Convention is ratified.

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FIGURE C-1 Landmine systems on the battlefield.

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