B4M mine

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Description

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

The B4M is a French high-explosive (HE) ship-laid naval mine.

Effective damage

Mine characteristics
Mass
Explosive mass (TNT eq.)
HE max penetration
Armour destruction radius
Fragment dispersion radius

This mine, being an underwater naval type, produces a strong high-explosive overpressure. Due to the ability to drop the mine on ground targets as a bomb, the steel casing can also contribute some shrapnel effect.

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

The prescribed usage of this mine is against naval craft. As a mine, it can be laid in choke points, capture points or in front of advancing enemy ships. Direct hits aren't required to generate hits, but due to the fusing of the mine, it will explode if a ship is directly struck, dealing a large amount of damage. This is a contact mine, so both Steel-hulled and Wooden-hulled ships can set it off, making it effective against denying access to capture points, for instance.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Useful for trapping ships in various choke points

Cons:

  • Being a naval mine, it requires a direct hit or near miss to detonate

History

Media

See also

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  • reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

  • www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMFR_Mines.php


Naval mines
USA  ‎Type A Mark I*
Germany  ‎EMC · ‎EMF · ‎UDM-E
USSR  KB-1 pattern 1931 mine · KB-3 pattern 1940 · MIRAB · YAM-43
Britain  Type M Mark I
Japan  Mk.6 mod1 · ‎Type 93 mod1
Italy  ‎Bollo P.125/1932 · ‎Bollo P.200/1936
France  B4M
  *  = Aircraft-laid