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Valmara 69
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Valmara 69 or V-69 is an Italian bounding anti-personnel mine. The mine was developed from the V-59 mine, and although the mine is no longer produced in Italy, a number of copies were produced in other countries.
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The mine has a short tubular olive green or sand colored plastic body inside which is the steel bounding body of the mine. On top of the mine is a round fuze cap with five prongs. The mine is triggered when the fuze cap tilts, either because of pressure on one of the prongs or a pull on an attached tripwire. The tilting fuze mechanism is not affected by overpressure. A striker under the fuze lights an igniter in the center of the mine, this then ignites a propelling charge at the base of the mine. The mines steel bounding body is launched upward by this charge.
When the mine reaches a height of 45 cm the tether wire pulls central plunger in the body of the mine down triggering the main charge. Embedded in the main charge are approximately 1,000 pre-cut steel fragments. The mine has a lethal radius of 25 m, but the fragments remain lethal at a considerable distance beyond that.
The mine is found in Angola, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Mozambique, Sudan, and the Western Sahara
- Weight: 3.2 kg
- Explosive content: 420 g of Composition B
- Diameter: 130 mm
- Height: 205 mm
- Operating pressure: 10 kg push or 6 kg pull
- Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006
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