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The Mk 7 mine was a circular British anti-tank blast mine. It replaced the World War 2-era Mk 5 mine and has in turn been replaced by the L9 Bar Mine.The Mk 7 can be laid either by hand or from a mechanical mine layer. The mine is conventional in design. It has a steel casing with a central main fuze well below which is a tetryl booster charge both surrounded by the main explosive filling of TNT.