M14 TRAINING LANDMINES

The M14 mine“Toepopper” is a small (56 mm [2.2 in] diameter) anti-personnel land mine first deployed in 1955.The M14 mechanism uses a belleville spring to flip a firing pin downwards into a stab detonator when pressure is applied. Once deployed, the M14 is very difficult to detect because it is a minimum metal mine, i.e. most of its components are plastic. Because of this, the design was later modified to ease mine clearance with the addition of a steel washer, glued onto the base of the mine.

The present invention relates to a mock landmine for landmine detection training. More specifically, the present invention allows a user, when being trained to detect landmines of a non-metallic material, to stably conduct landmine detection training using the mock landmine having the same appearance and structure as a real landmine. At the same time, by providing a measurement environment similar to a real landmine, user′s training effect can be increased. The mock landmine for landmine detection training includes: non-metallic bodies (20, 30, 40, 50, 60); and mock fuses (223, 32, 45, 55, 65).