Description
During World War II, the former Soviets employed the improvised OZM bounding fragmentation mine with several mortar and artillery shells. These included the 120-mm mortar shell and the 122- and 152-mm artillery shells. The shells were buried in the ground nose down. Under the nose was a UVK-1 pyrotechnic delay propelling charge with a flash tube leading to the ground surface. Initiation was accomplished by remote electrical firing, pressure, or tripwire activation. This initiation continued along the flash tube, which, in turn, ignited the propellant and delay element. The shell was ejected from the ground, and simultaneously the delay element burned. Detonation normally occurred 1.5 to 2.4 meters above ground, and the target was either personnel or a vehicle.
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Source(s)
Afghanistan Ordnance ID Guide, Volume 1 (2004)
