an antipersonnel land mine designed to produce a high-velocity spray of steel fragments in a relatively narrow fan-shaped cone, directed toward the enemy. They are usually detonated by an electrical remote control.

A directional AP mine, the claymore consists of a curved outer case containing a huge number of fragments. Behind the fragments is a layer of explosive. The mine can be initiated by either pull or command detonation.

an anti-personnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy

a device about the size and shape of a large paperback book

an ingenious and therefore extremely nasty device