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bounding mine
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bounding mine [¦bau̇n·diŋ ′mīn]
(ordnance)
Type of antipersonnel mine usually buried just below the surface of the ground; it has a small charge which throws the case up into the air; this case explodes at a height of 3 or 4 feet (1 or 1.2 meters), throwing shrapnel or fragments in all directions.
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There are devices called bounding mines that spring out of the ground when you set them off and explode at waist height to cause maximum damage.
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Bounding mines, which rely mostly on a fragmentation effect, have a cylindrical body usually mounted in a short pot, or barrel assembly.
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