What is the name of a land mine like device that jumps up and kills you?

Question

My sister and I were talking about warfare and what we had seen in movies or read about. Both of us are politics majors and reading into the politics of war and cannot think of what they call these mine like devices that spin up in the air and kill you when you step on them or trigger them. We thought it was a ''sleeping _____" something or another. If anyone can help out please let me know.

Answer 1

This type of anti-personnel mine is called a"bounding" mine. It was originally used by the German Army in WW2 and was referred to as the "Bouncing Betty" by Allied troops.

Most countries now employ them, including the US. Ours is called the M16A2 APM.

The common characteristic was the  propellant charge that launched the lethal charge to chest height and detonated.

Current US APM (Aniti Personnel Mines) like th M14 only contain about 1 ounce of explosives and are designed to incapacitate rather than kill. It takes more resourses to treat a casualty than it does to bury one.

The M16A2 can cause injury out to 30 meters.

Answer 2

Bouncing Betty

Answer 3

Bouncing Betty

The German S-mine (Schrapnellmine in German), also known as the Bouncing Betty, is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bounding mines. These mines launch into the air at about waist height and explode, propelling shrapnel horizontally at lethal speeds. The S-mine was an anti-personnel landmine developed by Germany in the 1930s and used extensively by German forces during World War II. It was designed to be used in open areas to attack unshielded infantry. Two versions were produced, designated by the year of their first production: the SMi-35 and SMi-44. There are only minor differences between the two models. The number indicates the year of introduction into service.

The S-mine entered production in 1935 and served as a key part of the defensive strategy of the Third Reich. Until production ceased with the defeat of Germany in 1945.

It was during the Allied actions in Europe that the S-mine gained its cynical nickname Bouncing Betty from American infantrymen.

However, incidents involving accidental explosions of landmines in North Africa, the former Warsaw Pact countries, France, and Germany still occur sporadically. North Africa and Eastern Europe have a particularly large amount of uncleared World War II era minefields, lost in the desert sands or forgotten by authorities. In Libya, for example, the Red Cross estimates over 27% of farmland is unusable due to World War II minefields. While German documentation says the S-mine had an effective lifespan of two to seven years once planted, the explosive charge could still operate in mines to this day.

Characteristics

The German S-mine was a steel cylinder less than 13 cm (5 inches) tall without its sensor, and only 10 cm (4 inches) in diameter. A steel rod protruding from the mine's top held the main fuse, where its trigger or sensor was attached. The SMi-35 had a central fuze, while the SMi-44 had an offset fuze. It weighed roughly 4 kg (9 pounds), with the weight depending on whether it was loaded with the lighter powdered or the heavier poured TNT.[1]

The main charge of the mine used TNT as its explosive; the propelling charge was black powder. All triggers for the mine were designed to create a spark to set off a flammable fuse inside the device. The standard pressure sensor used a percussion cap for this purpose.[6]

The main fuze was designed to delay the firing of the propelling charge for roughly four seconds after the mine was triggered. The explosion of the propelling charge sent the mine upwards into the air, and activated three short-delay pellets between the propelling charge and the three detonators. These short-delay pellets slowed the mine's detonation long enough for it to reach an appropriate height before exploding.

The standard pressure sensor was built to be activated if depressed by a weight of roughly 7 kilograms (15 pounds) or greater. This was to ensure it was not detonated by wildlife or natural impacts. The tripwire adapter for the mine was a shallow Y-shaped device, and would trigger the mine if the tripwire was pulled away from the mine.[

After the war, the American army developed their M16 mine directly from captured S-mine designs.[4]

The Soviet Union also based the design of its OZM series of landmines on the German S-mine.

Answer 4

bouncing betty

d**n you jake!beat me by ten seconds

Answer 5

You're probably thinking of the term "Bouncing Betty".  However it's a common misconception: "Bouncing Betty" was NOT a German Land Mine.  It was actually a mortar round that when the impact fuse detonated, it fired a small charge that "bounced" the round in the air-maximizing fragmentation.

Answer 6

Bouncing Betty