Description
The Type 72 antipersonnel mine is a small, plastic-bodied device that has seen widespread use in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Kuwait, and increasingly throughout Africa.
While not expected to be encountered, there are two antidisturbance variants of the Type 72. The Type 72B utilizes a ball-in-cage mechanism to function solely as a boobytrap device. The Type 72C is intended to function both as an antipersonnel mine and a boobytrap device. There have been reports that the Type 72C is very sensitive and can be detonated in the presents of magnetic mine detectors. The South African Non-Metallic Antipersonnel Mine, indigenously produced, is a direct copy of the Chinese Type 72.
The green color is characteristic of other Chinese plastic devices but may be black.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Source(s)
Afghanistan Ordnance ID Guide, Volume 1 (2004)
