How M18A1 CLAYMORE Works

[HKillerACP]

Craziest thing I've learned today, Claymores have iron sights.

[THEHOLYKIIDD]

The Claymore saved me during my tour of MW2 and my second deployment during Black Ops 1

[markh.]

Yes, "Front Toward Enemy" is very important.

[iltifaat-yousuf]

Very helpful, i'll keep this in mind when im installing M18A1 CLAYMORE in my backyard.

[aviatorengineer]

It's pretty crazy how deeply video games have given people misconceptions about how these weapons work. Anything from lasers to tripwires have been shown as the trigger mechanism in video games but only rarely are they accurately depicted as being a command-detonated weapon.

[MALITH]

Now you too can ambush your milk man with a cleverly laid M18A1 Claymore. Knowledge is power.

[sunsetarts]

Years ago we were training at the demolitions pit with all kinds of explosive stuff, mines, TNT, det cord and M18A1's. We had to have a medic with us anytime we trained with explosives, and he kept complaining he had no place to sit while we did our thing. So, we taped a Claymore to a stout pine tree and set it off. The back plate shattered the tree trunk and felled the tree handily. The medic now had a place to sit on the downed tree trunk.

[fratercontenduntocculta]

I own an M33 Claymore Training set. The important distinction between the two: my version the mine itself is colored blue which is standard code for training ammo which doesn't contain any propellants or explosives and cannot be made to function as the original was designed. With that out of the way, the rest of the set has real components like the clacker and test set. The Claymore itself is a terrifying weapon, as my friends and I call it "The world's smallest superweapon." Enough punch to knock out an enemy squad (about 12 personnel). They work well in the role of both ambush and defensive.

[ayowhatdadogdoin]

'To install claymore, spread out your legs" 💀💀💀💀

[ralph]

When I was in the Navy during the 80s I was taking with a SeaBee that served in Vietnam. The subject about claymores came up, and it was common for the NVA sappers to locate the mines and turn them back towards our personnel. The old salt said they would booby trap the claymores with a grenade by placing it under the mine with the pin out The weight of the mine held the spoon ( detonator ) in place. Once moved by the NVA sappers they got a very big surprise... Problem solved

[steve]

Trivia: C4 simply means "Composition 4." As this explosive material was developed, it was improved from C2 to C3 to what is now C4.

[wnose]

Had a demo of the claymore in my nco training. We setup wood targets on metal fence stakes, against a hill.

After it went boom, we examined the targets. What really impressed me was how some of the fence stakes - about 1/4 inch thick, steel were also perforated.

[Shadows_]

4:22 i would not take away the test set and connect to the trigger while the handle is still pressed down as shown on video :) ... might be a small detail but an important one if someone follow this step by step :)

[dmasamitsu]

I had an Ex Vietnam Green Beret neighbor who had decorative dummy M18A1 mines placed in his backyard around his swimming pool, facing outwards. He used to tell me that scrounging insurgents used to sneak in and grab emplaced M18A1s during the night and use them in the jungle for their own ambushes. “The dumb ones” that did not know about the back blast would be sitting behind the mine when they detonated them. It was also more than just the blast force. Debris can fly back with force enough to kill for a very long distance.

He would often go out on patrols in the jungle and spot the feet of the claymore and the hands of the insurgent afterwards. The insurgents Darwin Awarded themselves into oblivion because they had not read the manuals for either the US versions or the communist copies of the claymore.

They also used to give minor electrical shocks as a practical joke using the command detonators.

It reminded him of being an electrical line repairman as a civilian. He would climb up a tower or pole and often see bird feet left behind by birds that electrocuted themselves.

[shootfirst]

4:16 Before you connect the shorting plug to the firing set, I imagine you would reset the safety bail back
to the "safe" position, right?

[michaelmorrison]

The "back" side is a common misconception. That shit is lethal in ALL directions!

[MrMarkRoads]

:22 It explodes in 4 directions. Can be lethal up to 300 yards to the front. Within an area of 16 meters to the rear and sides of the mine, backblast can cause injury by concussion (ruptured eardrums) and create a secondary missile hazard. Friendly troops are prohibited to the rear and sides of the mine within a radius of 16 meters. U.S. Marine.

[terrydouglas]

A 9 volt battery is enough to set off a claymore. At Danang on perimeter we had hundreds of claymores set with tke wire going yo a box with a car battery and a series of switches to select individule mines, a row of mines or all.

[denimjeanz]

Used these in Fallujah and Baghdad. 04. Mach 3 is 2, 220mph. You can also saw them in half and use kitchen timers attached. Made for a very lethal anti personal grenade. In CQC made for better results compared to the hand grenade.

[donnienicholson]

18 years old in a radio bunker alone 13 hours a night 7 days a week I had a footlocker with 4 claymores, 4 frag grenades, 10 phosphorous grenades to melt the equipment had we been over ran, 200 rounds of M-16 ammo and I had an M-16.
Now I'm 70 years old and the VA clinic has a sign "No weapons or knives allowed'. Odd how things change when the Government has a war going ain't it???