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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1975
Ferdinando V Dukic, Lake Hopatcong, NJ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A land mine adapted to be deployed by gravity and comprising: a housing hng a hollow cylindrical side wall and two end walls, on either of which the mine may come to rest. A main explosive charge in the housing, a clearing charge located between the main charge and each end wall; explosive firing means; a mechanical gravity-controlled switch including a body formed with a cavity having two spaced outlet passages and an intermediate inlet passage, and a weight movable in the cavity; a firing train connecting each of the outlet passages to one of the clearing charges; and a firing train connecting the firing means to the inlet passage; the weight being movable by gravity when the mine comes to rest to a position wherein the firing train connected to the upper clearing charge is exposed to, and the firing train connected to the lower clearing charge is isolated from, the firing means.