Original U.S. Current Issue M18A1 Claymore Anti-Personnel Mine Training Kit with Canvas Carry Bag - Rare Example Historical Military Books Hercegovina

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The distinctive spike on the Pickelhaube was supposed to function as a blade tip

This example is in absolutely fantastic condition

and side of the cylinder

the unit had lost so many men that they were all mixed up with other units of our battalion : wherever they would meet

Original U.S. Current Issue M18A1 Claymore Anti-Personnel Mine Training Kit with Canvas Carry Bag - Rare Example Historical Military Books HercegovinaOriginal Item. Only One Available. The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti personnel mine used by the U. S. military. It was named after the large Scottish sword by its inventor; Norman A. MacLeod. Unlike a conventional land mine, the Claymore is command detonated and directional, meaning it is fired by remote control, or trip wire, shooting a pattern of metal balls into the kill zone like a shotgun. The Claymore fires steel balls, out to about 100