TM-57
A model recorded, together with the TM-46 and TM-62, as one of the anti-tank mines most used in Cambodia.
History
GICHD's 2014 study names three models — the TM-46, TM-57, and TM-62 — as the anti-tank mines most used in Cambodia. During the civil war that followed the Vietnamese invasion of 1979, the Khmer Rouge, government forces, and the Vietnamese army each obtained them from abroad and used them. Fighting between domestic factions continued after the Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989, and because anti-tank mines were laid in many places without records being kept, there are still many places where no one knows where they are buried. (Target year: 2014) [Ref 0103]
Dangers
This is an anti-tank mine that explodes when a heavy vehicle passes over it. There have been accidents in which one exploded under a tractor or a shared passenger vehicle. In places where mines may remain, such as old roads and overgrown areas, use only routes that local people or the authorities have confirmed to be safe.
Impact
From around 2010, casualties from anti-tank mines began to approach the level of those from anti-personnel mines; in 2016, 16 people were recorded as killed or injured by anti-tank mines and 26 by anti-personnel mines (no breakdown by model has been published). (Target year: 2016) [Ref 0102]