The XM-54 was an experimental United States incendiary landmine tested during the Vietnam War. It was a large bounding mine that could either be command detonated or trip wire activated. It contained 15.3 lbs (6.9 kg) of plasticised white phosphorus.[1] Approximately 200 were shipped to Vietnam in August 1968, and some were used operationally.[2]

References

  1. ↑ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services (1969). Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Part 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 461.
  2. ↑ Jane's mine and mine clearance 2005/06. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 9780710627018.


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