M16 mine

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The M16 mine is a US made bounding anti-personnel mine. It is often called "Bouncing Betty".

The M16 mine is a development of the World War 2 era German S-mine and has probably a similar lethal radius of about 20 meters, with more than twice the explosive content of a standard defensive hand grenade. It has a pressure sensor but can also be detonated deliberately or via trip wire.

[edit] Specifications

• Weight: 3.75 kg
• Diameter: 103 mm
• Height: 203 mm
• Explosive content: 575 g of TNT
• Operating load:
  • Pull: 1.4 to 4.5 kg
  • Pressure: 3.6 to 20 kg

• Also called jumping mine as the mine jumps up to a height of 1 to 1.2 meters when actuated and explodes dispersing shrapnel in all directions.

[edit] Variants

• M16
• M16A1
• M16A2