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Family of Multi-Purpose<br />
Infantry Munition Systems<br />
MPIMS<br />
By Thomas Campion, Hannu Hytti, & Tomi Pesonen<br />
Photos by Forcit Defense<br />
Business side of the Full Scale MPIMS<br />
Area denial and protection has been a<br />
key factor in most combat missions<br />
from the beginning. For more than<br />
50 years the product of choice for<br />
this mission has been the M18 Claymore<br />
mine and its derivatives. Extremely<br />
impactful at its onset, with 700 steel balls<br />
flying 1,200 meters per second, ground<br />
units were happy to have it in their arsenal.<br />
Over time though, especially as operations<br />
have focused more on precision<br />
engagement, our forces became very selective<br />
in its application. Though directional<br />
in theory, this is debatable. Ask any soldier<br />
where the nearest “safe zone” is when employing<br />
the system and they will tell you,<br />
“behind the closest hard object!” Slight<br />
upgrades have been made to the product<br />
since its inception like a plastic case and<br />
bi-lateral priming locations. Significant<br />
strides have been made in the past decade<br />
in regard to insensitive explosives and munitions,<br />
reliability of detonators, as well<br />
as other technology advances that have<br />
made it possible to develop a much more<br />
Force on Force MILES/HITS Compatible Trainer<br />
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