Inert M18A1 Anti personnel Claymore Mine

M18A1 Anti personnel Claymore Mine with detonator ‘clacker’ m57 firing device and the wire attachment. The Claymore Mine was used extensively during the Vietnam War and was a very effective anti-personnel mine. The Claymore is a directional fragmentation mine and is 8.5 inches (21.6 cm) long, 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) wide, 3.25 inches (8.6 cm) high, and weighs 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg). The mine is loaded with 700 steel balls (10.5 grains) backed by a 1.5 pound (0.68 kg) layer of composition C-4 explosive and is initiated by a No. 2 electric blasting cap. Instruction sheet is attatched to the canvas bag. The Claymore has been is service since the 1960s and is still in use today in Afghanistan where this one was brought back from by a serving British soldier after being made safe.