This is the definition of Land Mine from Wikipedia:
“A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles”
This is the definition of “Explosive” from Wikipedia:
“An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.”
Seems to me that a Land Mine is MUCH CLOSER to the truth here. Most people that I know who play with firecrackers don’t manufacture land mines - and certainly not ones that are this effective, where it is designed like it came RIGHT OUT OF IRAQ with enough of a punch to maim, but not kill, a person, thereby tying up his unit with rescue efforts.
Islamic connotations are forbidden in a PC world.
No shrapnel? fogitabutit.