claymore

In this instance, it was a claymore mine — an explosive that sprays shrapnel toward its targets — that had a trip wire.

White said companies made specialized claymores to end barricades and scrambled to equip body-worn cameras with facial recognition software, but departments didn’t want them.

Then an American officer pointed out some of the defenses along the military demarcation line, including barbed-wire fences and claymore mines.

U.S. troops litter the countryside with claymore mines.

Mr. Hansen’s airplane was carrying a load of claymore mines and hand grenades.