The Battlefield 2 total conversion historical realism modification "Battlefield: Korea" deals with the Korean War (1950 - 1953), which is also known as the "Forgotten War".

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M2 Mine "Bouncing Betty"
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The M2 is a US bounding anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam.

The mine consists of a cylindrical steel main body containing a 60 millimeter mortar shell body (originally the M49A2), linked to a tall thin fuse stand. The fuse stand held either a pin based tripwire fuse or a combination pressure tripwire fuse with a pronged pressure cap. Later fuses were sensitive to pressure or pull and could be used with a tripwire. When the mine is triggered a black powder charge launches the mortar shell out of the main body of the mine and into the air. A pyrotechnic delay fuse triggers the mine when it has risen to between two and three meters in height. The lethal radius of the mine is reported to be approximately ten meters.