M6

Diameter, inches

12.5

Height, inches

Total weight, pounds

TNT filler, pounds

Material

Color

Oliv drab

Components: The mine consists of a loaded mine body, fuze, and pressure-plate plug. The steel body is cylindrical, with a carrying handle attached to the bottom. Ass-embled to the mine body is a round pressure plate, 7½ inches in diameter, containing the reversible pressure-plate plug which covers the fuze well. The pressure plate is suppor-ted internally by circular Belleville springs and sealed against moisture by a rubber dia-phragm. In addition to the primary fuze well, supplementary fuze wells are located on the side and on the bottom of the mine for use in anti-lifting or booby-trap purposes.

Fuze: The Chemical Fuze M600 is a separate unit and consists of the fuze body, pis-ton, safety key, compression sleeve, resistance spring, vial of chemical, detonator, and fuze booster charge. The spring is cut away at either side, and the perforations in the sleeve are large so that the fuze itself may be activated by a force of 190 pounds. When the Belleville spring is inserted in a Mine M6, a pressure of 300 to 400 pounds is required to overcome its resistance.

When pressure is applied on the pressure plate, it is transmitted to the piston head. As the resistance of the spring is overcome, the compression sleeve is crushed, and the piston moves down to crush the vial of chemical. The chemical reacts with the surround-ing mixture to set off the detonator, fuze booster, booster, and main charge.

Remarks: For booby traps or anti-removal devices, after the main fuze is installed, any standard firing device may be attached to the supplementary fuze wells by using the Activator M1. This activator is a plastic adapter approximately two inches long, which contains a tetryl booster charge.

Ths fuze must not be used with Anti-Tank Mine M7.

Figure 240. Anti-Tank Mine M6