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| BRITISH EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE |
| Part 6 - Chapter 3 |
| Anti-Personnel Mines |
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Grenade No. 75 Mk I (Adapted for A./P. Use) (Service) |
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Height |
1 7/8 in. |
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Length |
6½ in. |
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Width |
3 5/8 in. |
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Total weight |
3 lb. |
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Explosive weight |
1½ lb. |
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Explosive |
Nobel's No. 704 or Ammonal |
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Material |
Steel |
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Color |
Buff |
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Fuzing |
Grenade Igniter No. 75 Mk II |
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Pressure required |
10 lb. (approx.) |
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Description: This grenade is commonly used as an anti-tank mine, but may be adap-ted for anti-personnel use. A complete description of this mine as normally issued will be found in Part 5, chap. 3, Anti-Tank Grenades. The description which follows will concern only the adaptations made to accomplish an anti-personnel effect. |
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One striker bracket has been removed and replaced by a small wooden block, as a safety device. This block is temporarily held in position by two thumb tacks through the slots in the pressure plate provided for the bracket clips. A band of adhesive tape around the whole mine position the pressure plate. |
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Use: The mine is used as a blast-type anti-personnel mine. The mine should be laid just below the level of the ground, with a slight covering of soil or foliage for conceal-ment. Care should be taken to ensure that stones or small pieces of wood do not be-come lodged between the striker plate and the mine body. These mines should not be laid together than three feet to avoid sympathetic detonation. |
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Assembly and Arming: The mine is armed in the usual way. The detonator is inser-ted in the igniter (open end to open end) and fastened by the rubber tube probvided. Insert the complete assemblies into the pockets provided on top of the mine body, with detonator inwards. If armed correctly, the red of the igniter can be seen in the gap in the fuze pocket. Close cover tabs to prevent the detonators from falling out. |
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Lay the mine in the ground and remove the two thumb tacks by pulling up on the two string loops attached to them. Remove the wooden block. Utmost precaution should be taken to put no pressure on the mine pressure plate after it has been set. |
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Neutralization: To neutralize this mine, raise the pressure plate and reinsert the wooden block, making it fast with thumb tacks. Open the flaps on the fuze pockets and remove the fuze assemblies. Take the fuze assemblies apart, and store the detonators and igniters separately. |
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Remark: The A./T. Hand Grenades No. 75 Mks II and III ("Hawkings Grenades") can be similary adapted for anti-personnel use. |
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| Figure 266 – Grenade No. 75 Mk I adapted for A./P. use |
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