XM-54 mine

The XM-54 was an experimental United States incendiary landmine tested during the Vietnam War. It was a large bounding mine that could either be command detonated or trip wire activated. It contained 15.3 lbs (6.9 kg) of plasticised white phosphorus.[1] Approximately 200 were shipped to Vietnam in August 1968, and some were used operationally.[2]

References
  1. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services (1969). Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Part 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 461.
  2. Jane's mine and mine clearance 2005/06. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 9780710627018.


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