List of land mines

This is a list of commonly used land mines.

Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (front, accessories fitted).
A Yugoslav MRUD anti-personnel mine (line drawing).
A cutaway of an MD-82 mine .
An M14 mine , showing a cutaway view. The absence of a safety clip and the location of the arrow on the pressure plate clearly shows that this mine has been armed.
A Yugoslavian PMR-2A stake mine, in a typical deployed configuration. Note the externally serrated fragmentation jacket.
The M18A1 Claymore mine.
A German World War II era Schu-mine 42 anti-personnel mine. Its extremely simple design and use of wooden components allowed it to be produced in great numbers.
A World War II German S-mine , perhaps not the first bounding mine, but possibly the most well known. Its design was copied by several countries after the war including the United States who produced the M16 mine to replace their relatively ineffective M2 mine .
British troops load a Livens gas projector.
A Chinese metal-cased Type 59 anti-tank blast mine. Its design is typical of many post World War II anti-tank blast mines, circular with a central fuze well (fitted with a plug in this case).
An Italian, plastic cased blast resistant VS-2.2 mine . Capable of being deployed from the air, as well as being resistant to explosive clearance techniques.
A German Riegelmine 43 full width mine.
Three scientists pose with a Medium Atomic Demolition Munition , the warhead is the smaller cylinder to the left, its casing is to the right.