P-25 mine
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The P-25 is a plastic cased Italian anti-personnel stake mine. It was developed along with the larger P-40 mine in the late 1970s and entered production in 1978. The mine consists of a plastic cylinder with a fuze protruding from the top. The mine can either be stake mounted or buried, although it was designed to be stake mounted. Pull pressure on the tripwire results in the fuze head tilting sideways, releasing a striker into the detonator assembly.
The mine has a steel fragmentation liner, which when it detonates scatters fragments to an effective radius of 15 meters.
The mine was produced under license in Australia. Production of the mine has ceased, and all Italian operational stocks of the mine have been destroyed.
[edit] Specifications
- Height: 180 mm (with fuze)
- Diameter: 75 mm
- Weight: 0.68 kg
- Explosive content: 0.18 kg of TNT and T4 (RDX)
- Operating pressure: 2 to 10 kg
