anti-personnel weapon

An anti-personnel weapon is a weapon primarily used to maim or kill infantry and other personnel not behind armor, as opposed to attacking structures or vehicles, or hunting game. The development of defensive fortification and combat vehicles gave rise to weapons designed specifically to attack them, and thus a need to distinguish between those systems and ones intended to attack people. For instance, an anti-personnel landmine will explode into small and sharp splinters that tear flesh but have little effect on metal surfaces, while anti-tank mines have considerably different design, using much more explosive power to effect damage to armored fighting vehicles, or use explosively formed penetrators to punch through armor plating.

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  anti-personnel mine ⓘ
  form of land mine designed for use against humans

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  directed fragmentation charge ⓘ
  anti-personnel mine-like weapon

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  Claymore mine ⓘ
  anti-personnel mine

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  L42A1 ⓘ
  type of sniper rifle

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German 2 kg. Anti-Personnel Bomb: SD 2

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		anti-personnel mine	anti-personnel weapon, land mine	Wikidata
class	weapon		directed fragmentation charge	anti-personnel weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon	1960	Claymore mine	anti-personnel weapon, directed fragmentation charge, anti-personnel mine	Wikidata
class	weapon	1970	L42A1	anti-personnel weapon	Wikidata
commons	image		German 2 kg. Anti-Personnel Bomb: SD 2		Commons