Area denial artillery munition (ADAM) is a family of United States land mines and 155 mmartillery projectiles.
FM 6-40 depiction of the M731 155mm projectile, featuring bisected view and close up of an individual M72 land mine
The mines carried by these projectiles are the M67 long-duration anti-personnel mines and M72 short-duration anti-personnel landmines intended to maim or kill enemy combatants. The duration refers to the self-destruct time, which is set at the time of manufacture to 4 or 48 hours.
Once the mine lands, it launches seven tripwires before arming itself. Any disturbance of the tripwires will trigger the mine. The mine is detonated only via electric current; if its battery charge drops below a pre-set level, the mine self-destructs. Even if it fails to self-destruct, the battery will fully discharge after 14 days, rendering the mine inactive.
The mines contain a spherical warhead in a cavity, along with 51 grams (1.8 oz) of M10 liquid propellant. The cavity allows the propellant fluid to settle under gravity in the correct position beneath the warhead, making it launch upward irrespective of the mine's orientation. Upon activation the spherical warhead is launched to a height of one to two metres (3.3 to 6.6 ft), where it detonates, producing approximately 600 fragments travelling at 900 metres per second (3,000 ft/s).
area, denial, artillery, munition, adam, family, united, states, land, mines, artillery, projectiles, depiction, m731, 155mm, projectile, featuring, bisected, view, close, individual, land, minethe, mines, carried, these, projectiles, long, duration, anti, per. Area denial artillery munition ADAM is a family of United States land mines and 155 mm artillery projectiles FM 6 40 depiction of the M731 155mm projectile featuring bisected view and close up of an individual M72 land mineThe mines carried by these projectiles are the M67 long duration anti personnel mines and M72 short duration anti personnel landmines intended to maim or kill enemy combatants The duration refers to the self destruct time which is set at the time of manufacture to 4 or 48 hours Once the mine lands it launches seven tripwires before arming itself Any disturbance of the tripwires will trigger the mine The mine is detonated only via electric current if its battery charge drops below a pre set level the mine self destructs Even if it fails to self destruct the battery will fully discharge after 14 days rendering the mine inactive The mines contain a spherical warhead in a cavity along with 51 grams 1 8 oz of M10 liquid propellant The cavity allows the propellant fluid to settle under gravity in the correct position beneath the warhead making it launch upward irrespective of the mine s orientation Upon activation the spherical warhead is launched to a height of one to two metres 3 3 to 6 6 ft where it detonates producing approximately 600 fragments travelling at 900 metres per second 3 000 ft s Contents 1 Specifications 1 1 M67 M72 mine 1 2 M692 M731 155 mm projectile 2 See also 3 ReferencesSpecifications editM67 M72 mine edit Self destruct time M67 48 hours M72 4 hours Height 82 5 mm Width 57 mm Weight 540 g Explosive content 21 9 g of composition A5 RDX wax M692 M731 155 mm projectile edit Weight fuzed 46 7 kg Calibre 155 mm Length 899 mm Contents M692 36 M67 mines long delay M731 36 M72 mines short delay See also editFamily of Scatterable Mines FASCAM Remote Anti Armor Mine System RAAMS the anti armor equivalent of the ADAM M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition Ottawa TreatyReferences editJane s Mines and Mine Clearance 2005 2006 nbsp This article relating to artillery is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area denial artillery munition amp oldid 1185688830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
