Minelayer

Different ships are referred to minzags - from small coastal to large high-speed ships built in destroyer hulls. The displacement of surface mine layers is various, reaching 6,000 tons .

Mine barriers are intended for setting mine barriers mainly in their waters.

In addition to the possibility of laying mines, minzags are equipped with weapons for self-defense. The artillery armament of the traps is designed to repel the attacks of destroyers, boats and aircraft .

Also, submarines can be used as minazags. At the same time, mines can be set both in the surface and underwater position, and due to the high secrecy of the submarines, it is effective to set up so-called “offensive minefields” - in the territorial waters of the enemy and on busy traffic routes of enemy ships and ships.

Models

• Amur is the most effective ship of the Russian fleet in the Russo-Japanese war.
• "Crab" - the world's first underwater minzag, built in 1912 .
• Ural is the second largest minefighter of the Baltic Fleet during the Second World War. Built in Leningrad in 1928.

Airborne mine barrage - for airborne sea , anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. In this case, the setting of mines can be carried out both by special aircraft , and by helicopters and UAVs .

• Underwater mine layer

• Hartcup, Guy. The Challenge of War. - New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1970.
• Hartmann, Gregory K. Weapons that Wait: Mine Warfare in the US Navy. - Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press , 1979. - ISBN 0-87021-753-4 .

• Minesweeping and Minelaying . - article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online .