Criticisms of These Defence Projects
Dynamit Nobel AG, as well as the company which took its place in the defence projects field, the Dynamit Nobel Defence GmbH were often heavily criticised due to the mines system they manufactured. Since the creation of Bundeswehr, the company has delivered 3,2 millions of land mines. In 1992 the company had the following advertising tag line «Dynamit Nobel — the first address for the mines» in specialised magazines.
Today, in the Bundeswehr controversial antitank mines manufactured by Dynamit Nobel can still be found. It is suspected that they can also be used against people and are nowadays officially prohibited by the Ottawa convention. In 2003, an amount of 1,2 million of these mines was estimated.
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