Hand mine
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A hand mine is an explosive device used for demolition work, capable of being detonated automatically or placed on a timer.
Thane uses a hand mine to attack Vickers aboard shuttle UIY 1138, paralyzing him in the process by ambiguous means (TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I").
When captured by a Cylon patrol in the Theta's city on Arcta, Thane pawns off a hand mine as a tape coder with information pertaining to the rag-tag fleet. When a Centurion goes to use it, the Cylon kills Thane and destroys a small contingent of the Centurion detachment before an assemblage of Thetas (TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II").