A./T. Mine E.P. Mk V (Obsolescent)

Diameter

Height

Weight

Explosive weight

Explosive

Material

Fuzing

Pressure required

Description: The Mine E.P. Mk V consists of three principal components: the loaded mine body, the exploder mechanism, and the mine cover. The cover is fastened to the mine body by three pins, which engage slots provided in three retaining straps attached to the mine body.

The mine body is mushroom-shaped and contains a central well for the insertion of the special exploder.

Exploders E.P. No. 1 and No. 2 function on the shear-wire principle. In effect the ex-ploder is nothing more than a miniature Mine E.P. Mk II. It consists of a fuze body with a well in the top located off-center for the insertion of a plunger, which is packed separa-tely in the same box as the rest of the exploder mechanism. This plunger is retained by a shear wire. In the side of the exploder body, near the base, is a channel for the insertion of the ampoule cartridge-detonator combination.

The fuze functions when pressure on the mine cover forces the plunger through the shear wire and down onto the ampoule cartridge. The ampoule is crushed, causing a chemical reaction which fires the Detonator No. 8. The booster charge, also located in the exploder body, is the detonated, setting off the main charge of the mine.

Use: This mine is used as a defense against armored cars, tanks, and other vehicles. The mine will break the tracks of light or medium tanks and disable vehicles.

Assembly and Arming: Lay the mine in the ground and remove the cover. Place an exploder in the inverted cover (to keep dust, etc., from the plunger), and insert an am-poule, red end first, into a Detonator No. 8. Fill the open end of the detonator flash with luting. Insert this end of the detonator in the hole in the side of the exploder body. Slide the assembly home and seal in place with more luting. Grease the exploder before insert-ing it in the fuze well of the mine. Refit the cover.

Neutralization: To neutralize this mine, remove the mine cover without putting any downward pressure on the cover, and then lift the exploder from the exploder well of the mine. Remove the plunger from the exploder. Lift the mine and replace the cover.