Weapons · United States · 1940-1945
M1A1 anti-tank mine
anti-tank mine
The M1A1 was a circular steel-cased anti-tank blast mine developed by the United States, an improved version of the earlier M1 with a simplified single filler plug and a distinctive cross-shaped pressure spider fitted over the fuze to widen the area that would trigger it. Buried just below the surface, it needed the weight of a vehicle track or wheel to set it off, and it became the US Army's standard anti-tank mine of the war, laid in minefields to protect defensive positions and channel enemy armor. It was used across the North African, European and Pacific campaigns before being succeeded by the M6 mine later in the war.
| explosive charge | 2.70 kg TNT |
|---|---|
| weight | 4.80 kg |
| diameter | 203 mm |
Western Europe, Mediterranean and North Africa, Pacific
