Transcript MINES AWARENESS Abridged Version

MINES
Definition
• It is an explosive or other material
normally encased and designed to
destroy or damage vehicles, air crafts
• Designed to wound or kill people
• It can be detonated by the action of it
target, the passage of time or by
controlled means
The Family of Mines
• Antipersonnel mines (AP
mines)
Weight: grams
• Anti Tank mines (AT mines)
Weight: kg
Categorization of Land Mines
• Anti-Personnel Mines
– Blast
– Fragmentation
– Bounding Fragmentation
• Directional and Anti Group Mines
– Fragmentation
• Anti Tank Mines
– Blast
Anti Personnel Blast Mines
• Pressure activated,
between 1 – 5kgs
• Contain 75 – 200
grams of explosives
• Causes traumatic
amputation of limbs
• Plastic or metal,
difficult to see due to
small size
Anti Personnel Blast Mines
EFFECT
2 grams of HE
EFFECT
200 grams of HE
200 grams of HE
AP – Directional Fragmentation
Mine
Directional and Anti Group Mines
•Generally fragmentation
•Surface or sub-surface
•Trip-wire or command
operated
•Lethal radius of 50+m
•Commonly used in
conjunction with buried
AP mines
Anti Tank Blast Mines
Anti Tank Mines
• Pressure activated
fuse of 70-200+kg
• Contain between 510kg of explosives
• Normally buried, often
with anti-lift devices
and in conjunction with
AP mines
• Metal or plastic
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EFFECT
Anti Tank mine on minibus
and light military vehicles.
Mine Area Recognition
Note:
 Mined Areas are often not marked
 Marking is the exception, not the rule !!!
 Because of this, it is important to recognise
areas that might be at risk from mines / UXO
Where Mines Are Found
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Evacuated buildings/houses
Where fighting has occurred
Strategic & Military Areas
Unattended fields/heavy vegetation
Near military camps or positions
Along or beside foot paths
Along roadways
Culverts and bridges
Doorways of houses
Wells and water access points
Ditches or hiding places
Stream crossing points
Minefield Indicators
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Area clearly marked as a mine field
Parts of mines (unknown plastic and metal)
Barb wire (wires)
Empty packages of mines
Signs of confrontation lines
Check points and roadblocks
Destroyed/abandoned military equipment
Craters of mines
Injuries to local population
Dead animals
Suspicious items
Markings
International signs:
 Sign posts:
These are normally bright red, square or triangular in
shape 25cm x 25cm in size and have a skull and
cross bones with the words “DANGER MINES”
written in local languages
 Painted rocks
 Local markings
 Piles of rocks
 Crossed sticks
 Knotted grass
 Flags
 Plastic bags hanging from trees
Red and
white painted
stones
Official Signs
Unconventional Signs
Actions on
Finding Yourself
In a Mined Area
10 minutes Exercise
Stop!
Warn!
Radio!
Wait!
STOP!
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Movement:
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Inform:
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Note:
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Evaluate:
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Do not:
Stop. Remain Calm. Stay still and do
not move your feet.
Inform and warn people around you.
Call for help, but keep others away.
Note the area. What else can you see: mines,
tripwires, mine signs?
Evaluate your course of action. Be
prepared to take control of the situation.
Do not move, if there is no safe area or if you
can’t reach it, Wait for help to arrive.
Reporting Incidents
Who:
UNDSS (Via Radio)
Local Authorities
UNMACA
Agency
Local Demining Agency
QUESTIONS?