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Landmine Identification

Landmines fall into two categories: antipersonnel mines and antitank mines. Some antipersonnel mines are designed to injure, not to kill. Generally, landmines can be divided into four groups: blast, fragmentation, bounding fragmentation, and directional fragmentation.

Booby-traps and Unexploded Ordnance: A United Nations view of hazards associated with landmines and other unexploded ordnance.

landmine identification aids
Identification aids for recognizing landmines*

Innovative handheld landmine detector unveiled. An innovative handheld landmine detector, designed to enable soldiers to quickly and accurately detect all types of anti-tank and anti-personnel landmines, was unveiled and demonstrated on February 12, 2001.

(Sources: Mine Action Center at James Madison University, *Department of Defense Humanitarian Demining Research and Development Program Office, United Nations Mine Awareness documents, Laboratoire de Microinformatique, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, FM 20-32 Mine/Contermine Operations)