Chen-5 bottom mine

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Sinking-5 (Chen-5) bottom mine is a small bottom mine, and like the Sinking-4 bottom mine and Drifting-2 drifting mine, this small bottom is also designed with the concept of People’s War of guerrilla warfare. Like the other two type mines described here, this mine can also be taken apart for easy transportation and reassembled just prior to being planted. Unlike the Sinking-4 (Chen-4) bottom mine, this bottom mine cannot be used as part of other Chinese naval mine systems, but it does have the ability to incorporate the contact fuse, a feat that the Sinking (Chen-4) bottom mine lacks. Furthermore, Sinking-5 (Chen-5) bottom mine is developed by Fengxi Machinery Factory (汾西机器厂) can also be used on land as part of booby traps. The evaluation of this mine was carried out under combat conditions - these mines were deployed in Cambodia and Vietnam during the Vietnam War and the customers were satisfied with the performance, and as a result, the mine was considered an achievement and won a national award in 1978.