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Claymore minelarger figure on 3 of 3
LU 213 grenadelarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | Claymore mine | LU 213 grenade |
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| Type | Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | France[source] |
| In service | 1960–present[source] | — |
| Used by | United States, United Kingdom, Denmark[source] | — |
| 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 |
Width
Single source1.5 in (38 mm)[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.
War in Afghanistan[source] |
| Designer | Norman Macleod and others[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1952–1956[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Mohawk Electrical Systems[source] | Titanite S.A. (Titanobel)[source] |
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| Unit cost | $ 119 as of 1993[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] | Composition B[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Blasting Cap Assembly M4[source] | — |
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| Reported operators | — |
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