Improvised mines

General: The bangalore torpedo and the 2.36-inch anti-tank rocket can both be used as anti-tank mines, with slight improvisations.

Bangalore torpdo: Special torpedo caps are furnished with each box of then banga-lores, to adapt the bangalore torpedo for use on an anti-tank mine. Pull-firing detonators are furnished separately. To assemble the bangalores for use as an anti-tank mine, insert detonators in two torpedo caps; place a safety pin through the torpedo-cap ears and the detonator loop of each; and snap a torpedo cap onto each end of the torpedo, so that the detonator fits into the cap well. Lay the torpedo on the ground across a woo-den block and drive eight-inch spikes on drift pins into the ground as close to the ends as possible. Pass the detonator wire through each detonator loop, and attach the wire to the spike. Make sure there is no tension on the detonator wire. Withdrawn the safety pin. The mine is now armed and ready for use.

2.36-inch A/T Rocket: The A/T Rocket M6 may be employed by placing the rocket, nose-up in its container, in a hole about two feet deep, either in a roadbed or horizont-ally on the side of a cut or bank. It can be set to fire electrically by arranging a circuit containing the rocket, a battery, and an improvised circuit closer. Connections to the rocket are made on the ignition wires: one from the brass ring on the nose, the other from the fins. Ordinary field telephone wire will serve; the battery and connections should be protected from water if necessary.

The container cap is removed and the other end knocked out. The container is thus a guide for the rocket. A hole is punched in the container cap, through which the electric firing-device wires (or trip wire) are run. When connections have been made, the con-tainer cap is slid in place over the fins to protect the contacts from fouling. The rocket safety pin is removed; the container tube is slid over the rocket and joined to the cap; and the assembly is placed in the hole. Loose dirt and leaves are then placed over all of the rocket except the nose; the nose is concealed by covering with leaves or light bun-ches of grass. Care must be taken not to bump the nose, as the rocket is completely ar-med when the safety pin is removed.