HX2 antipersonnel mine

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• Type:
  antipersonnel explosive

• Manufacturer:
  Conner Ship Systems

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From the Expanded Universe

An ancient battlefield staple, mines are concealed explosives littered across the ground to restrict or deter enemy approach. Minefields are easy and inexpensive to set up, require almost no maintenance, and are exceptionally difficult for enemy forces to clear. The primary drawback is the explosives are completely indiscriminate, and will cripple or destroy friendly forces or civilians as easily as the enemy.

The coupling of sophisticated sensor technology with basic explosives have helped diminish this basic drawbacks of the mine, but in order to be effective, mines must be distributed in large numbers. These numbers limit the sophistication and expense of the sensing units -- most mine sensors are crude, only sensing approximate size, mass and direction of an approaching subject, if even that.

Antipersonnel mines contain an explosive charge of detonite, which explodes when tripped by a proximity sensor. The Conner Ship Systems HX2 mine is a widely distributed antipersonnel explosive used extensively by the ARC troopers of the Galactic Republic.