M93 HORNET mine
The M93 Hornet mine was an American anti-tank mine. It was a wide-area mine, capable of attacking targets up to 100 meters away from its position.
M93 HORNET mine
- Field
- anti-tank mine
- Region
- United States
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
The M93 Hornet mine was an American anti-tank mine. It was a wide-area mine, capable of attacking targets up to 100 meters away from its position.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for M93 HORNET mine. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
wikipedia incomplete · checked 25 September 2026
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q1881067 · wikipedia · M93 Hornet mine
In this article
Development
Development
Development of the M93 began in the late 1980s in response to the Warsaw Pact's numerical superiority in armored vehicles over NATO and the Assault Breaker concept to compensate through the use of high-technology standoff weapons. A development contract was awarded to Honeywell Defense Systems and Textron Inc. in August 1987. In April 1990, Textron was given the contract to complete development of the system. Following the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the threat to Western Europe by large armored formations was no longer relevant. This, combined with the M93's high unit price of US$119,190 (in 1996 dollars), led to the program's termination in 1997 after just 441 units had been produced. The US Army later pursued a weapon of a similar design in the XM204 Top-Attack Munition in the early 2020s.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- United States
Description
The M93 used both seismic and acoustic sensors to track and identify potential targets near the mine. Once the mine detected a suitable target in range, it turned to face the target and elevated the submunition launcher to the correct angle. The submunition was then fired in the direction of the target using a gas generator. An infrared sensor on the submunition scanned the ground as it traveled, searching for the target. When the target was detected, the submunition triggered a Misnay–Schardin effect warhead that projected a 450-gram tantalum slug, along with a number of smaller fragments, downwards towards the target in a top attack.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1881067: M93 HORNET mine
Unverified · Wikidata
reference work
- “M93 Hornet mine”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Partially resolvedreference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Militaria
6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- M9 pistolTerminology
- M9 rifle grenadeTerminology
- M90 Rocket LauncherTerminology
- M901 ITVTerminology
- M982 ExcaliburTerminology
- MAA-1 PiranhaTerminology
- MAA-1BTerminology
- MAB Model ATerminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with M93 HORNET mine?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.