The FBM [Lit; Fu***ng Big Mine] was named by the EOD technicians who discovered it. This mine has been encountered without the fuze; Instead, a Romanian MAI-75
anti-personnel mine has been used to initiate this mine and only a load of 5 to 25 kg is required to initiate it.
It has a circular body with a raised pressure plate. The pressure plate is connected to the mine body with a circular crimp on the top limp of the body side-wall. The pressure
plate convexly contours up from the crimp and plateaus. There is a central threaded fuze well that accepts a fuze that functions in the same manner as the Romanian P-62
(used in the MAT-76) with an arming button on the top and a mechanical pressure-operated mechanism incorporating a spring-loaded striker. Beneath the fuze is a large
booster set into the main charge. There is an air void between the explosive and the pressure plate.
SPECIFIC RECOGNITION POINTS
Large mine with convex contour from body to pressure plate.
