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HOT Front toward enemy face mask

The Claymore mines' appearance is known worldwide. Beside the shape, it is encased in a layer of blue plastic and has the famous capitalized phrase "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY" ("forward towards the enemy"), to warn the user to point the mine at the item. necessary spending. This ensured virtually no use error and the mine worked as its name suggests (which was the name of Scotland's Claymore longsword).

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Before Claymore comes along, a fundamental concept needs to be explored. It was during World War II, when Hungarian and German scientists discovered that an explosive mass with a heavy support in the back, such as a sheet of steel, could direct most of the impulse forward and less. more dangerous to those in the back.

They named the discovery after their own name, the Misznay-Schardin effect, and spent the remainder of the war perfecting the theory by building a variety of mines, including anti-mine mines. Tank and mine trenches, and the above effect has been proven. However, none of the mines used by World War 2 ended, so the theoretical experiment was suspended.