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    The M16 mine is a United States-made bounding anti-personnel mine. It was based on captured plans of the World War II era German S-mine and has similar...
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    mine Model 49 mine MUSA mine MUSPA mine NO-MZ 2B mine NR-413 mine P-25 mine P-40 APPLE mine PM-43 mine PM-68 mine PMFC-1 mine PMFH-1 mine PMFH-2 mine...
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    Vietnam War. M16: improved version of the German S-mine. BLU-43 (Dragontooth), 1970s. Air-dropped mine used during the Vietnam War. GATOR mine system: modern...
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    continued further work on bounding mines. After the war, the American army developed their M16 mine directly from captured S-mine designs. The Soviet Union also...
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  • M16 is a family of military rifles. M16 or M-16 may also refer to: M16 mine, an American landmine BOV M16 Miloš, a Serbian 4x4 multipurpose armoured vehicle...
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    The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States...
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    land mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The M16 Miloš was first publicly presented at IDEX 2017 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The M16 Miloš...
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  • PMK-40 and the World War II "ointment box." The United States also used the M16 mine, a copy of the German "Bouncing Betty". The North Vietnamese forces made...
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    Italy. Land mine "PPMi-Sr-11 Anti-Personnel Bounding Mine". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2024-02-03. Global Security.org M14/M16 Anti-personnel mines...
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    has not been in US service for some time, having been replaced by the M16 mine soon after the Second World War. The M2 was not considered a successful...
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  • a variant of the M16 rifle of the United States Army AR-15A2, a variant of the Colt AR-15 rifle M16A2 mine, a variant of the M16 mine of the United States...
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    and Navy SEALs. M14 mine – anti-personnel blast mine M15 mine – anti-tank mine M16 mine – bounding anti-personnel fragmentation mine M18/M18A1 Claymore...
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  • mine MM-2 mine Unlicensed production of M14 mine Anti-tank mine (Copy of Chinese Type-59 Anti-tank mine) Bounding Anti-personal mine (Copy of US M16 mine)...
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  • related to the Belgian NR 442 mine and United States M16 mine. As of 2004[update], all operational stocks of the mine have been destroyed, although some...
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    and tripwire-operated bounding antipersonnel mines such as the M2 and M16. In the Korean War, land mine use was dictated by the steep terrain, narrow...
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    Valmara 59 (category Anti-personnel mines)
    Operating pressure: 10.8 kg pressure, 6 kg pull. Valmara 69 PROM-1 OZM M16 mine Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-Personnel Landmines, Eddie Banks, ISBN 1-85753-228-7...
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    the M16 bounding mine, an almost exact copy of the German S-mine. The French also later produced a copy of the S-mine, the Mle 1951 mine. The mine consisted...
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    OZM (category Anti-personnel mines)
    PROM-1 M16 mine Land mine "Anti-personnel mine OZM-3". Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023. "Anti-personnel mine OZM-4"...
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    together with other mines in their inventory i.e. the M16, M15 or M19. In a "mixed minefield" the anti-tank mines protect anti-personnel mines and vice versa...
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    The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 or CAR-15 is a family of M16 rifle–based firearms marketed by Colt in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, the term "CAR-15"...
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    PROM-1 (category Anti-personnel mines)
    or 3 kg to 5 kg pull OZM M16 mine Valmara 59 Valmara 69 Land mine No Man's Land (2001 film) Ottawa Treaty Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006 Brassey's...
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    M4 carbine (redirect from M16 carbine)
    extensively used by the US military, with decisions to largely replace the M16 rifle in US Army (starting 2010) and US Marine Corps (starting 2016) combat...
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    antipersonnel mines as well, for instance the M14 mine and M16 bounding mine. An additional benefit of double-impulse fuzes is that they give mines a degree...
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  • version of the M14 rifle. Mk 12 Mod 1 - Improved marksman version of the M16 rifle. M38 Designated Marksman Rifle - Modified M27 IAR fielded as a marksman...
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  • AM General's HMMWV (M16, 135 kW), Panhard's VBL (M14, 95 kW), Hägglund's Bandvagn 206S (M16, 145 kW), UROVESA's URO VAMTAC (M16, 135 kW or M14, 85 kW)...
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    M19s is usually protected by various anti-personnel mines such as the M14 and M16 bounding mine. Weight: 12.56 kg Explosive content: 9.53 kg of Composition...
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    apart that would enclose the minefield. On 1 May the sappers began laying M16 mines and after a month had laid more than 22,000 M16s for the loss of five...
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    Aratu-class minesweeper (category Mine warfare vessel classes)
    fitted with a single 40mm 70-caliber Bofors anti-aircraft gun. M15 NV Aratu M16 NV Anhatomirim (decommissioned on December 5, 2016) M17 NV Atalaia M18 NV...
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    from both linked ammunition and STANAG magazines (such as those used in the M16 and M4), allowing the SAW operator to use them as a source of ammunition...
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  • the U.S 5.56mm M16 rifle. Eventually the New Zealand infantry would adopt U.S-issue M72 rocket launchers, M26 grenades, and Claymore mines; and other U...
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