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[[Image:Telamiina_65_77.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An inert TM 65 77 on display.]]

The '''TM 65''' (Telamiina 65) is a circular Finnish [[minimum metal mine|minimum metal]] [[anti-tank mine|anti-tank blast mine]]. It is broadly based on the Russian ''[[TM-62 mine]]''. The mines body is made from a thin shell of [[fibreglass]] over a cast block of explosive, with a central fuze well that holds the pressure fuze. The original ''TM 65'' used a ''US-65'' fuze as used in the [[SM-62 mine|''SM-65 anti-personnel mine'']], the later '''TM 65 77''' uses a pressure fuze similar to the Russian ''MV-5'' fuze called ''Painesytytin 77''.

The fuze is covered with a plastic pressure plate, giving it an activation pressure of 150 to 300&nbsp;kg. However, if this is not installed, the mine will activate with a pressure of a few kg. The mine also has a secondary fuze well on the side for the installation of anti-handling devices or daisy chaining several mines.

==Specifications==
* Diameter: 320&nbsp;mm
* Height: 110&nbsp;mm
* Weight: 10&nbsp;kg
* Explosive content: 9.5&nbsp;kg of cast TNT, plus a total of 61 g of Hexogen (A RDX/TNT mix) in the fuze and booster.
* Operating pressure: 150 to 300&nbsp;kg

==Variants==
* TM 65 - original version fitted with US-65 fuze
* TM 65 77 - variant fitted with MV-5 style fuze, the PS 77

==References==
* ''Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006''

[[Category:Finnish anti-tank mines]]


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