anti-personnel bounding fragmentation mine
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19950070-004
- Event 1991-2003 UNIKOM: United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made Circa 1990
- Place of Use Continent - Asia, Country - IraqContinent - Asia, Country - Kuwait
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, ammunition
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1985/01/01
- Latest 1995/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Valmara 69
- Materials Plastic, Steel, Rubber
- Branch CANADIAN FIELD ENGINEERS
- Service Component United Nations
- Measurements Height 20.5 cm, Outside Diameter 13.0 cm
- Caption Valmara 69 Landmine
- Additional Information When this type of bounding fragmentation landmine is triggered, it launches up, and explodes at a height of about half a metre. It contains approximately 1,000 pre-cut steel fragments, and can kill within a 25 metre circle. This landmine has been found in Angola, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait, Mozambique, Sudan, and the Western Sahara. It is no longer in production.