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The '''Joni 95''' or '''Jony 95''' (alt. "Johnny Landmine") was an [[Anti-personnel mine]] developed by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] during the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]].<ref name="Mines1999">{{cite book|author=International Campaign to Ban Land Mines|title=Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiwJHi8Pa2IC&pg=PA509|year=1999|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-231-9|pages=509–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.island.lk/2002/04/12/featur02.html | title=Let's clear the land mines | publisher=The Island | accessdate=18 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Somasundaram2014">{{cite book|author=Daya Somasundaram|title=Scarred Communities: Psychosocial Impact of Man-made and Natural Disasters on Sri Lankan Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PenAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA256|accessdate=18 September 2017|date=11 February 2014|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-1966-1|pages=256–}}</ref>

The first version of the mine used {{convert|50|g|abbr=on}} of [[explosive material]]. The finished mine was {{convert|11|cm|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|7|cm|abbr=on}} wide and around {{convert|6|cm|abbr=on}} thick. At the bottom it was written as 'made in' [[Tamil Eelam]].{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

In 1988 LTTE was stuck in [[Vanni forest]] so they were not in a position to get materials from outside. So they used locally available [[wood]] and [[rubber]] to design the outer [[box]].{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

It was named after former LTTE commander [[Lieutenant colonel|Lt. Col.]] Jony who was killed by [[IPKF]]{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} on his way back to India after meeting LTTE chief [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]] at his [[Manal Aru]] [[wikt:hideout|hideout]].{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

LTTE first time used this mine against Indian [[soldier]]s during [[IPKF]]'s [[Operation Checkmate (Sri Lanka)|Operation Checkmate]] in 1988.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

==See also==
* [[Rangan 99]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Anti-personnel mines]]
[[Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]
[[Category:Indian Peace Keeping Force]]

Joni 95 - Revision history

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