Chapter 13 - Miscellaneous Mines - K TR Mi Mines of the Wehrmacht: K TR Mi 41Bibliography - Mine and Mine-Unit Documents forwarded from Germany
GERMAN UNDERWATERS ORDNANCE MINES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
TECHNICAL REPORT - NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION IN EUROPE
Tech. Report 84-45 Underwater Ordnance Fabricated at Wilhelm Schmdding Werke, Köln.

 

Details in the manufacture of Naval Mine Shells and Torpedo Warhead Shells.

Tech. Report 223-45 German Operational Naval Mines and Sweep Obstrcutors.

 

Forwarded a chart on all standard German operational naval mines and sweep obstructors

Tech. Report 192-45 The Development of German Optical Mine-Firing Devices.

 

Information on Optical firing devices tested by Sperr-versuchskommando.

Tech. Report 245-45 German M-5 Magnetic Mine Unit.

 

Information on improved version of earliest type (M-1) under development in May 1945.

Tech. Report 289-45 German Pressure Mine Units and Detecting Components.

 

Information on units designed only for pressure influ-ence firing and pressure-detecting devices used in all pressure-operated units (including D 103, D 113, D 123, D 133 and pressure-detecting devices D 1, D 101, D 2, D 102).

Tech. Report 290-45 German AE 1 and AE 101 influence Mine Units.

 

Information of AE 1 (Navy) and AE 101 (Luftwaffe) units which are essentially same as Pi Kiel Torpedo Pistol

Tech. Report 291-45 German Magnetic Mine Unit.

 

Information on M 4 unit, which is small bi-polar dip needle mechanism similar to M 3 used operationally late in the war.

Tech. Report 292-45 German "Elektroden Effekt" Research.

 

Information on German research into mine unit operated by galvanic currents created by passage of a ship. Deve-lopment was in a preliminary stage at end of war.

Tech. Report 299-45 Organization and facilities of German Sea Mine Development.

 

Information of German Sea mine development, production and testing facilities especially during the latter part of the war.

Tech. Report 320-45 The German EMS I, EMS II, and EMS II mines.

 

General information on drifting decoy and anti-pursuit sea mines.

Tech. Report 321-45 The German RME mine.

 

General information on small influence-ground mine for use in inland waters.

Tech. Report 324-45 The German OMA Mine Series.

 

General information on the OMS moored, contact, surface Mine Series. Designated OMA I, OMA II, OMA IV, OMA/K.

Tech. Report 328-45 German Mine Requirements and Total Laid.

 

Information from German Navy Department. Chart and Graph represent total number of mines laid by the German Navy from March 1942 up to and including March 1945.

Tech. Report 334-45 The German EMG Mine Assembly.

 

General information on the moored, constant-depth mine assembly.

Tech. Report 335-45 The German UMA/K Mine Assembly.

 

General Information on the moored, contact, surface mine assembly

Tech. Report 359-45 German DA 102 Mine Units Series.

 

Information on this series of mines including the DA 112, 122, 132, 142, 152, 162 and 244.

Tech. Report 385-45 The German AMT Mine Units.

 

Information on AMT 1 and AMT 2 mine-firing units. These units consisted of already-existent influence firing com-ponents and constitured a combination firing unit requiring sonic, magnetic, and subsonic influences to fire.

Tech. Report 386-45 German Graviation Mine Unit.

 

Information on unit intended to fire as a result of change in gravitational effect on the mine when the ship passed overhead.

Tech. Report 387-45 German Cosmic Ray Mine Unit.

 

Information on unit intended to fire as a result of the in-crease in cosmic ray level falling on the mine when ship passed overhead.

Tech. Report 396-45 German Induction Mine units.

 

Information on induction magnetic mine units. These are only results of experiments, since Germany used no in-duction units.

Tech. Report 397-45 German Acoustic Mine Units.

 

Information on Navy and Luftwaffe mine units designed for sonic acoustic actuation alone; discusses the comparative operational characteristics of early types used since 1940 together with the newer units.

Tech. Report 398-45 German "Seismik" Mine Unit.

 

Information on "Seismik" mine unit, intended to fire on very low frequencies.

Tech. Report 399-45 Modification of the German M 1 Unit.

 

They consist of several slight modifications to the original M 1 (allied Designation M Mk II) for special purposes.

Tech. Report 404-45 The German EM Naval Mine Series.

 

General information on the EM series.

Tech. Report 405-45 German Mine Clocks, Period Delay Mechanisms, Sterilizers,

 

and Associated Devices.
Information on mine-arming clocks, period delay mecha-nisms, sterilizers, and scuttling clocks.

Tech. Report 416-45 German "AT" Mine Units (AT 1 - AT 2 - AT 3)

 

The units were combined acoustic-subsonic operated devices.

Tech. Report 417-45 German AA 4 and AA 106 Mine Units.

 

These units were combined acoustic subsonic operated devices. AA 4 for EMF and SMA and the AA 106 for BM 1000 M and BM 1000 L.

Tech. Report 418-45 German AJ 102 and AJD 102 Mine Units.

 

These units were combined acoustic-induction operated devices.

Tech. Report 419-45 German JDA 105 Mine Unit.

 

This unit was a combined induction-pressure-acoustic operated device for the BM 1000 J.

Tech. Report 420-45 German MA 105 and MA 105r Mine Units.

 

The units were combined magnetic-acoustic operated devices.

Tech. Report 421-45 German MA 1, MA 1a, MA 1st, MA 2 and MA 3 Mine Units.

 

These units were combined magnetic-sonic acoustic ope-rated devices.

Tech. Report 422-45 German "Wellensonde" (Wave Sounder) Mine Unit.

 

This unit was dependent for operation on the distortion produced in an alternating field originating in the mine by a target vessel.

Tech. Report 423-45 The German HM Naval Mine Series.

 

Information on the Special Purpose Naval Mines HMA, HMB, and HMC.

Tech. Report 446-45 The German FM Naval Mine Series.

 

General Information on the German river and shallow water mines FMA, FMB, and FMC.

Tech. Report 447-45 The German KM Naval Mine Series.

 

General on coastal mines KMA and KMB.

Tech. Report 448-45 The German LM Naval Mine Series.

 

General information on the German Naval Mine Series.

Tech. Report 449-45 The German RM Naval Mine Series.

 

General information on the German controlled mine RMA, RMB, RMC, RMD, RME, and RMH.

Tech. Report 450-45 The German SM Naval Mine Series.

 

General information on the German submarine-laid, moored, influence mines SMA, SMB, and SMC.

Tech. Report 451-45 The German TM Naval Torpedo Mine Series.

 

Information on the German Torpedo Mine Series TMA, TMB, TMC, and MTA.

Tech. Report 459-45 The Work of the Aerodynamics Department of the Graf Zep-pelin Research Institute, Stuttgart-Ruit.

 

Information on parachutes for mines and torpedos.

Tech. Report 467-45 General Characteristics of German Navy (SVK) Influence Mines and Firing Devices.

 

Comparative data on the general characteristics of influ-ence mines and influence mine firing devices. (Experimen-tal)

Tech. Report 469-45 BM 1000 Mines Developed by the German Air Force.

 

A report containing information on the German Air force developed bomb-mine series.

Chapter 13 - Miscellaneous Mines - K TR Mi Mines of the Wehrmacht: K TR Mi 41Bibliography - Mine and Mine-Unit Documents forwarded from Germany