Family of Scatterable Mines
Illustration — UH-60 Blackhawk with M136 Volcano mine dispensing system Family of Scatterable Mines (FASCAM) is an umbrella term for a range of systems of the armed forces of the United States, which allows a maneuver commander to rapidly place mines as a situational obstacle; as a reserve obstacle emplacement capability; and to directly attack enemy formations through disrupt, fix, turn, and block. Modern fusing, sensing, and anti-disturbance devices allow scatterable mines to defeat enemy attempts to reduce and/or clear the minefield. FASCAM mines are delivered through artillery, rocket launchers, indirect crew served weapons, special mine sowing vehicles, helicopters and aircraft.
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Family of Scatterable Mines
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Illustration — UH-60 Blackhawk with M136 Volcano mine dispensing system Family of Scatterable Mines (FASCAM) is an umbrella term for a range of systems of the armed forces of the United States, which allows a maneuver commander to rapidly place mines as a situational obstacle; as a reserve obstacle emplacement capability; and to directly attack enemy formations through disrupt, fix, turn, and block. Modern fusing, sensing, and anti-disturbance devices allow scatterable mines to defeat enemy attempts to reduce and/or clear the minefield. FASCAM mines are delivered through artillery, rocket launchers, indirect crew served weapons, special mine sowing vehicles, helicopters and aircraft.
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Area Denial Artillery Munition
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cluster munition
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GATOR mine system
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Remote Anti-Armor Mine System
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TM 43-0001-36 TECHNICAL MANUAL, ARMY AMMUNITION DATA SHEETS FOR LAND MINES, P. 7-5
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Volcano mine system
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FASCAM mines utilize a random or pre-programmed self-destruct period, countermeasure hardening and anti-disturbance features. All FASCAM mines have an active life cycle and self-destruct (SD) time after their active life has expired. The duration of the active life varies from 4 hours to 15 days depending on the system. Systems that are part of the FASCAM range include: • Remote Anti-Armor Mine System (RAAMS) (a 155 mm howitzer shell) • Area Denial Artillery Munition (ADAM) (a 155 mm howitzer shell) • GATOR mine system (air dropped) • Volcano mine system (various vehicles) • GEMSS mine system (various vehicles) • Modular Pack Mine System (MOPMS) (a manually emplaced mine dispenser consisting of 17 AT and 4 AP mines released on command from a remote control system)
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