The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine used by the U.S. military. Its inventor Norman MacLeod named the mine after a large Scottish medieval sword. Unlike a conventional land mine the Claymore is command-detonated and directional meaning it is fired by remote-control and shoots a pattern of metal balls into the kill zone like a shotgun.The Claymore fires steel balls out to about 100 m (110 yd) within a 60° arc in front of the device.
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height (cm)
0.124
length (km)
0.216
weight (kg)
1587.6
width (mm)
0.038
origin
United States
type
Anti-personnel mine
used in war
Vietnam War, Rhodesian Bush War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Iraq War, Gulf War, Cambodian Civil War, Bosnian War
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