MW-1
The MW-1 (Mehrzweckwaffe 1, multipurpose weapon) is a German munitions dispenser similar to the British JP233. It is designed to be carried on the Tornado IDS, although it can be carried on the F-104 Starfighter and the F-4 Phantom. Since the German Government decision to support the ban on cluster ammunition, the MW-1 is currently being phased out.
Submunitions
The MW-1 was designed so that different types of submunitions may be loaded into its 112 tubes. The MIFF, MUSA and MUSPA mines are parachute dropped, and upon reaching the ground self-right and arm. The mines are blast-resistant and are reported to have self-destruct devices giving them a lifespan of less than forty days.
KB 44
(Kleinbombe 44): Bomblets for use against unarmored and light armored targets such as vehicles and airplanes, etc.
STABO
(Startbahnbombe): Bomb to destroy runway. The first shaped charge explodes on impact creating a channel under the surface. An additional charge creates an explosion under the concrete runway to make a crater with heaved sides (large jagged, uprooted edges), making it much more difficult to repair the runway because the large jagged pieces have to be broken off, removed and edges smoothed before it can be patched or permanentely repaired.
Mine
Mine, mines, or miners may refer to:
- Metaphorically, to extract something of value from a great mass of material, as in data mining
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Mining (military)
Military mining, undermining or tunnel warfare is a siege method based on mining techniques which has been used since antiquity against a walled city, fortress, castle or other strongly held and fortified military position. A counter mine is a mine dug to allow defenders to attack miners, or destroy a mine threatening their fortifications.
Antiquity
The Greek historian Polybius, in his Histories, gives a graphic account of mining and counter mining at the Roman siege of Ambracia:
The Aetolians countered the Roman mine with smoke; according to Polybius, this was the first time poison gas was used.
Another extraordinary usage of siege-mining in the ancient Greece, where during Philip V of Macedon's siege of the little town of Prinassos, according to Polybius, "the ground around the town were extremely rocky and hard, making any siege-mining virtually impossible. However, Philip ordered his soldiers during the cover of night collect earth from elsewhere and throw it all down at the fake tunnel's entrance, making it look like the Macedonians were almost finished completing the tunnels. Eventually, when Philip V announced that large parts of the town-walls were undermined, the citizens surrendered without delay."
Mine (film)
Mine is a 1985 Turkish drama film directed by Atıf Yılmaz. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
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