It can be scattered from artillery rockets or from mine laying systems, and is in service with the British, German[1] and Norwegian armed forces.
[1] The mine is cylindrical with a hemispherical top and flat bottom.
The mine is triggered when the scratch wire fuze drags along the bottom of a vehicle or when it is crushed by pressure.
The mine auto-destructs after one of six selectable periods, up to a maximum of four days; the self-destruct mechanism is reported to be 99% reliable.
[3] After the Ottawa Treaty, Italy concluded that the fuze of the AT2 was sensitive enough to be set off by a person and destroyed its stockpile of 45,000 mines.