One of the most deadly legacies of the 20th century is the use of landmines in warfare. Anti-personnel landmines continue to have tragic, unintended consequences years after a battle and even after the entire war has ended. As time passes, the location of landmines is often forgotten, even by those who planted them. These mines continue to be functional for many decades, causing further damage, injury and death.
Anti-personnel(AP) mines have been condemned internationally because they claim hundreds of civilian lives and create impoverishment which is a far worse scenario than their military intent.
They are designed specifically kill or disable their victims and can be activated by Pressure, Tripwire or Remote Detonation.
Landmines are cheap and easy to manufacture and very effective. They can be deployed easily over large areas and cause confusion and restrict movement of locals as well as the enemy. Mines are more often than not laid in areas called "minefields" designed to prevent enemy movement, protect an area or even direct the enemy into a particular area, or slow the advance of enemy troops.
While more than 350-600 different variations of mines exist throughout the world we are showing you just a few so you can see the diversified variants of shape and size.
They fall into three basic categories:
