SM-70

Splittermine Modell 1970
Fence-mounted SM-70 at the Observation Post Alpha museum
TypeDirectional anti-personnel mine
Place of originEast Germany
Service history
In service1970–1984
Used byEast Germany
WarsCold War
Production history
No. built60,000
Specifications
Mass191 g
Length350 mm
Diameter150 mm
Effective firing range25 m
Maximum firing range120 m
Filling110 g TNT explosive
~80 steel cube projectiles
Detonation
mechanism
Tripwire initiated
N-172 (pull or tension release)

The SM-70 (Splittermine Modell 1970) is an East German directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine developed specifically to combat Republikflucht (defection) across the Inner German Border (Grenze) into West Germany.

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