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Claymore minelarger figure on 4 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source8.5 in (216 mm)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Claymore mine | RGD-5 |
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| Type | Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1960–present[source] | 1954–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 |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
116.8 mm (4.60 in)[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.
Vietnam War Six-Day War The Troubles Yom Kippur War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Kuwait Gulf War First Chechen War Kosovo War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
| Designer | Norman Macleod and others[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1952–1956[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Mohawk Electrical Systems[source] | Vytis[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996 |
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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] | Trinitrotoluene[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Blasting Cap Assembly M4[source] | 3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse[source] |
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| Blast yield | — | ~350 fragments[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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