L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel Mine British Army

[EagleEyes]

Here is the British Army - L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel Mine. Does anybody know anything about this?

Image 1, L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel Mine & Arming Key
Image 2, L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel Mine Disarmed
Image 3, L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel Mine Armed

Even found it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L10_Ranger_Anti-Personnel_Mine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L10_Ranger_Anti-Personnel_Mine

 

[18pounder]

hi mate
how big is this thing?
looks tiny
regards

18pounder

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi 18 pounder
Height 32mm
Dia 62mm
Weight 110 grams
explosive weight 10 grams
designed for rapid employment from a vehicle

Source Brasseys Anti Personnel landmines by eddie banks

 

[18pounder]

thanks for that fuzeman.

Whats the smallest anti-personell device?

 

[V40]

Could the smallest be the us "Toe Popper" M14?

 

[Jolly Green]

My vote for the smallest ap device would have to be either the gravel mine or button bomb shown in link:http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/button-bombs-t50060.html

 

[HAZORD]

Dragon's Teeth are right in there with the button and gravel mines. I've reposted US-Subs photo. The button bombs are on the top left, Gravel mines in the middle (Look like teabags of different colors, and the dragon's teeth are bottom left, white for snow, green, or brown.

 

[stecol]

There is an unknown (probably swiss) AP pressure mine which could the be the smallest one.

Dia. 44 mm
Height 15 mm
Weight 13 grams
Charge 9 grams (PETN)

Ciao
stecol

 

[EagleEyes]

Getting a little off topic

Lads, now aren't we getting a little off topic talking about who's got the smallest, maybe you should leave that for the locker room? :tinysmile_cry_t2:

Has anybody information regarding the L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel Mine or could let me know where I could find it?

 

[V40]

I'm sure you already know about this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L10_Ranger_Anti-Personnel_Mine

V40

P.S.: ahhhhMmmmmm, mine is, well, lets see now, Ooooooo, were still talking Mines right?

 

[Jolly Green]

If anybody can help you it would be US Subs.

 

[HAZORD]

Here is a snippet from Jane's:

http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes...r-scatterable-mine-system-United-Kingdom.html

 

[EagleEyes]

Stecol,
Thanks! Thats exactly what I’m looking for.

 

[BMG50]

Anyone have a section drawing of the mechanism inside.

 

[BMG50]

Anyone know. Be interested to know what the key does.

 

[Bierjaeger]

There was a launcher for these mines on the roof of the 432s that towed the bar mine layer.

 

[BMG50]

Got anything on how the mine mechanism works etc. I am sure there's something on it. I believe it has a clockwork mehanisim, not sure what the key is for, do you set the mines individually before loading or is it to disarm?

 

[Joerg]

Habe einige Dokumente gefunden. Hoffe man kann sie verwerten. Gruss Joerg.

 

[BMG50]

Perfect just what I was looking for. Many thanks.

 

[AE501]

I do not know that you will find very much written about it other than in service publications.
I have seen these and as I recall the outer container is service brown and about a metre square, with mounting fixtures on the bottom.
The container is completely filled with launch tubes and they are fired by what looks like a 12 gauge shotgun cartridge, one per tube.
Each tube can be individually operated to give intermittent spread.

I hope this helps.