Minotaur Mine

The MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur mine is a French scatterable anti-tank mine. The mines can also be scattered from 155 millimeter artillery shells, which can carry six of the mines. The mine is cylinderical in shape with two Misznay Schardin effect warheads, one on each side of the mine, with a 600 gram charge.

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The warhead is claimed to be able to breach 90 millimeters of armour at a distance of 0.5 meters. It uses a magnetic influence fuze united with an anti-handling apparatus which arms itself 64 seconds after launch. At the end of it's active life, which is set to between one and 96 hours the mine self-destructs. The land based scattering procedure can launch mines to a extent of up to 300 meters.

The minotaur mine is receptive to disturbance, and probably to the signals generated by mine detectors, recent modifications to the mine have reported desensitised it. However it still features a movement sensitive anti-handling apparatus.

Minotaur Mine Specifications:

• Diameter: 139 mm
• Weight: 2.25 kg
• Explosive content: 2 × 600 g explosive charges

Nomen:
     FRENCH LANDMINE, ANTITANK, MI AC DISP F1

Category:
     Landmines

Country of Origin:
     FRANCE