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Claymore minelarger figure on 1 of 1
DM51 hand grenadelarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | Claymore mine | DM51 hand grenade |
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| Type | Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | West Germany[source] |
| In service | 1960–present[source] | 1978–…[source] |
| Used by | United States, United Kingdom, Denmark[source] | See Users |
Width
Single source1.5 in (38 mm)[source]
with fragmentation jacket
Single sourcewith safety lever
Single source57 mm (2.2 in) (with fragmentation jacket) 66 mm (2.6 in) (with safety lever)[source]
125, or 1 ⁄ 8 -inch ( ) diameter steel balls, about 700 per unit
Single source.125, or 1 ⁄ 8 -inch (3.2 mm) diameter steel balls, about 700 per unit[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source3,995 ft/s (1,218 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Vietnam War Korean conflict Cambodian Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Iraq War Gulf War Operation Protective Edge Bosnian War Rhodesian Bush War War in Afghanistan Sri Lankan Civil War Myanmar Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] | Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designer | Norman Macleod and others[source] | Diehl Defence[source] |
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| Designed | 1952–1956[source] | 1970s[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Mohawk Electrical Systems[source] | Diehl Defence[source] |
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| Unit cost | $ 119 as of 1993[source] | €33.60 (1996)[source] |
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| Sights | Peep sight on early models, later a knife edge sight[source] | — |
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| Filling | C-4[source] | PETN[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Blasting Cap Assembly M4[source] | DM82 delay fuse[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1970s–…[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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