|
Chapter 1 – History |
| Magnetic Units |
| Degaussing |
| Acoustic Units |
| Research after 1941 |
| Pressure Units |
| Experimental Units |
|
Optical |
|
Cosmic Ray |
|
Infra Red |
|
Underwater Electrical Potential Gravitation |
|
Gravitation |
|
Wellensonde (Wave Probe) |
| Combined Units |
| Auxiliary Devices |
|
Arming Clocks |
|
Period Delay Mechanisms |
|
Sterilizers |
|
Pausenuhr |
|
Twelve-Hour EW |
|
Prevent-Stripping Mechanisms |
|
Räumschutz |
| Naval Mine Cases |
|
Contact Mines |
|
Contact-Influence Mines |
| Anit-Asdic Research |
| Conclusion |
|
Chapter 2 – German Mine
Organization |
|
Functions of Mine and Minesweeping Group (SVK) |
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Personnel of Mine and Minesweeping Group (SVK) |
|
Facilities of Mine and Minesweeping (SVK) |
|
Trials Group (SEK: Sperrwaffenerprobungskommando) |
|
Functions of Test Station (E-Stelle) |
|
Personnel of Test Station (E-Stelle) |
|
Facilities of Test Station (E-Stelle) |
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Coordination between the Naval
Mine and Minesweeping Group (SVK) and Luftwaffe Test Station (E-Stelle) |
|
The Effect of Allied Bombing on the Mine Program |
| Organization Chart - SVK |
| Organization Chart - Luftwaffe |
|
Chapter 3 – Critique |
| Critique |
| Technical Development |
|
Chapter 4 – Contact and Moored
Influence Mines |
| The German EM (Einheitsmine) Mine
Series |
|
The EMA Mine |
|
The EMB Mine |
|
The EMC I Mine |
|
EMC I - EMC II - EMC II (Upper Antenna) |
|
EMC II Mine |
|
The EMD Mine |
|
The EME Mine |
|
The EMF Mine |
|
The EMG Mine |
|
The EMH Mine |
|
The EMI Mine |
|
The EMK and EMU Mine |
|
The EMR and EMR/K Mines |
|
The EMS Mine |
| The FM Mines |
|
FMA Mine |
|
FMB Mine |
|
FMC Mine |
| The OMA Mine |
| The UM Mines |
|
The UMA Mine |
|
The UMB Mine |
| Base Plates |
| Table of Base Plates |
| Table of Contact Mines |
|
Chapter 5 – Aircraft Mines –
SVK |
| The LM Mines |
|
The LMA Mine |
|
The LMB Mine |
|
The LMC Mine |
|
The LMD Mine |
|
LM - ZUS Z (34) B Bomb Fuze for LMB |
|
Parachute for the LMA and LMB Mines |
|
LMF Mine |
|
Chapter 6 – Aircraft Mines –
Luftwaffe |
| The BMC Mine |
| The BM Mine Series |
|
BM 1000 I |
|
BM 1000 II |
|
BM 1000 C |
|
BM 1000 H |
|
BM 1000 J - J I - J II - J III |
|
BM 1000 M |
|
BM 1000 T |
|
BM 500 |
|
BM 250 |
| Bugspiegel (BS 1 and BS 2) |
|
Bugverkleidung (BV 2 and BV 3) |
| Schutzhauben |
|
SH 1 and 2 |
|
SH 8 and 9 |
|
SH 7 |
|
SH 11 |
| Leitwerke (LW) |
| Assembly Plan for BM 1000 Mines |
| BM 1000 Parachutes |
|
LS 1 |
|
LS 3 |
|
LFS-08 |
| Special Accessories used with BM 1000 |
|
Rheinmetall Bomb Fuze - Type 157/3 |
|
Master Switch |
|
Fuze Delay Switch |
|
Chapter 7 – Submarine-Laid
Mines |
| The SM Mines |
|
The SMA Mine |
|
The SMB Mine |
|
The SMC Mine |
| The TM Mines |
|
The TMA I Mine |
|
The TMB Mine |
|
The TMC Mine |
|
Chapter 8 – Controlled Mines |
| The KMB Mine |
| The RM Mines |
|
The RMA Mine |
|
The RMB Mine |
|
The RMC Mine |
|
RM Mines used as Influence Mines |
|
RM Mines used as Controlled Mines |
|
The RMD Mine |
|
The RME Mine |
|
The RMH Mine |
|
The RMH used as an Influence Mine |
|
The RMH used as an Controlled Mine |
| Table of Influence Mines |
|
Chapter 9 – Special Purpose
Mines |
| THE HM Mines |
| General |
| The HMA Mine |
|
The HMB Mine |
|
The HMC Mine |
| The KM Mines |
|
The KMA Mine |
| The MTA Mine |
| The BM 1000 F Mine |
| The BM 1000 L Mine |
| Winterballoon |
| Wasserballoon |
|
Chapter 10 – Sweep Obstructors |
| Introduction |
| Explosive Conical Floats (Sprengboje C and Sprengboje D) |
| Static Conical Sweep Obstructor (Reisboje) |
| Aircraft-Laid Sweep Obstructors (BRA - BRB) |
|
BRA |
|
BRB |
| Tables of Anchor |
|
Chapter 11 – Influence Mine
Units - SVK and Luftwaffe |
|
Section 1 – Influence
Firing Devices - Tables |
| Influence Mine Units - Navy |
| Influence Mine Units - Luftwaffe |
| Operational Ground Influence Mines - Navy |
| Operational Moored Incluence Mines - Navy |
|
Section 2 – Magnetic Units |
| M 1 Unit and Modifications |
|
M 1 Unit |
|
M 1s Unit |
|
M 1r, MA 1r, and MA 1ar |
|
M 1 Unit Circuit - Operation |
|
M 1 (1st Revision) Unit Circuit - Operation |
|
M 1 (2nd Revision) Unit Circuit - Operation |
| M 2 Unit |
|
M 2 Unit Circuit - Operation |
| M 3 Unit |
|
M 3 Unit Circuit - Operation |
|
M 3 (Revision) Unit Circuit - Operation |
| M 4 Unit |
|
Unit Construction |
|
Latitude Adjustment and Arming Process |
|
M 4 Used in Combination with Another Unit |
| M 5 Unit |
| M 101 Unit |
|
M 101 Unit Circuit - Operation |
|
M 101 with Three-Place P.D.M. |
|
M 101 with Ten-Place P.D.M. |
| M 103 Unit |
|
M 103 Operation |
|
Section 3 – Acoustic Mine
Units |
| A 1 Unit |
|
A 1 Unit - Operation |
|
A 1 (Allied - A Mk II) Unit |
|
A 1 (Allied - A Mk III) Unit |
|
A 1st - A 2st (Allied - A Mk VI) Circuit
Operation |
| Microphones |
|
Microphone Circuit |
|
Basic Systems |
|
System 1 |
|
System 2 |
|
System 3 |
|
System 1 - A 1, A 1st, A 2, A 2st, A 3 |
| A 104 |
|
A 104 Circuit - Operation |
|
System 2 - A 4, A 4st, A 105, A 105st |
| A 105 (Circuit - Operation) |
|
System 3 - A 7 and A 107 |
|
Relay Reactions |
| A 107tc |
|
Circuit Components |
|
Section 4 –
Magnetic-Acoustic Combination Units |
| MA 1, MA 1a, MA 1st, MA 2, and MA 3 Units |
|
MA 1 |
|
MA 1a |
|
MA 1st |
|
MA 2 |
|
MA 2 with ZK IIc |
|
MA 3 |
| MA 101 Unit |
| MA 105 Unit |
|
Section 5 – Subsonic Units |
| AT 1, AT 2, and AT 3 Units |
|
Magnetophone |
|
Magnetophone Construction |
|
AT 1 |
|
Acoustic Triggering Circuit |
|
AT 2 Amplifier (Subsonic) |
|
AT 3 Amplifier (Subsonic) |
| "Hell" Doppelschwinger |
|
Section 6 – Supersonic
Units |
| AA 4 and AA 106 Units |
| AA 4 Unit |
|
AA 4 Circuits |
| AA 106 Unit |
|
Acoustic Triggering Circuit |
|
Supersonic Receivers |
|
Float and Float Release |
|
P.S.E. and Anti-Leak Device |
| AE 1 and AE 101 Units |
|
Possible Countermeasures to the Mine |
| Twin Receiver Mine A 106 |
|
The Magntostriction Receivers |
|
The Float |
|
The Circuit |
|
Preliminary Switching On |
|
The Triggering Circuit |
|
Amplifier A for Horizontal Receiver |
|
Amplifier B for Vertical Receiver |
|
Timing Circuit |
|
Anti-Freezing Switch |
|
Sea Trials |
| Echo-Sounder Mines Type AE 1 and AE 101 |
|
The Magnetostriction Transducers |
|
The Float |
|
The Mineshells |
|
The Circuits |
|
Arming of the AE 1 |
|
Arming of the AE 101 |
|
Acoustic Trigger Circuit |
|
The Rotary Converter |
|
The High-Speed Camshaft |
|
The Low-Speed Camshaft |
|
The Lowest-Speed Camshaft |
|
Transmitter and Firing Circuits |
|
The Receiver Circuit |
|
The Amplifier |
|
The Trigger Circuit |
|
AVC Amplifier and Anti-Sweeping Circuit |
|
Section 7 – Pressure and
Pressure-Combination Units |
| Pressure Mine Units and Detecting Devices |
| Pressure-Detecting Devices |
|
General |
|
Description |
|
Operation |
| Pressure Components D 2 and D 102 |
| Operation of D 103 Units |
| Characteristics of the D 113 |
| Characteristics of the D 123 |
| Characteristics of the D 133 |
| AD 104 Unit |
|
Operation |
| DA 102 Mine Unit Series |
|
The Microphone |
|
DA 102 Operation |
|
DA 112 |
|
DA 132 |
|
DA 162 |
|
DA 244 |
|
DA 122, DA 142, and DA 152 |
| DM 1 Unit |
|
Section 8 – Experimental
Units |
| Seismik Mine Unit |
| AJ 102 and AJD 102 Units |
| JDA 105 Unit |
| AMT Units |
|
Mounting |
|
ZR II Mechanism |
|
Blocking |
|
Operational Characteristics of AMT 1 |
|
Operational Characteristics of AMT 2 |
| S 101 Unit |
| MDA 106 |
| Cosmic Ray Unit |
| Wellensonde Unit |
| Gravitation Mine Unit |
| Elecktroden Effekt |
| Development of Optical Mine-Firing Mechanisms |
|
Luftwaffe Units |
|
SVK Test Model 1 |
|
SVK Test Model 2 |
|
SVK Test Model 3 |
|
SVK Test Model 4 |
|
SVK Test Model 5 |
|
SVK Test Model 6 |
|
Conclusions |
|
Luftwaffe Forelle Unit |
| Induction Mine Units |
|
BMA II |
|
BMA III |
|
J I |
|
J V |
| Characteristics of Influence Mines - Navy |
| Sweeping Characteristics of Influence Mine Units - Navy |
|
Chapter 12 – Clocks and
Associated Devices |
| Introduction |
| Arming Clocks |
|
UES I |
|
UES II |
|
UES IIa |
|
Clock Starter Flate |
|
UES II and UES IIa with LiS |
|
UES II and UES IIa with Vorkontakt |
| Sterilizers (Zeit Einrichtungen) |
|
ZE |
|
ZE I |
|
ZE II |
|
ZE III |
|
ZE III for 360 Days |
|
ZE IV |
|
ZE IVa |
|
ZE V |
|
ZE VI |
| Period Delay Mechanisms (Zahl Kontakt) |
|
ZK I |
|
ZK II |
|
ZK IIa |
|
ZK IIb |
|
ZK IIc |
|
ZK IId |
|
ZK IIe |
|
ZK IIf |
| Miscellaneous Clockwork Mechanism-Pausenuhr (Arming and
Disarming Clock) |
|
Entschärfer Werke (EW) (Disarming Clock) |
|
Verzögerungs Kontakt (VK) (Delay Contact) |
|
Verzögerungs Werk (VW) (Delay Clock) |
| Period Delay Mechanism |
|
Mechanical P.D.M. |
|
Electrical P.D.K., - Fuze Delay Switch |
| Automatic Latitude-Adjustment Devices |
|
Mechanical A.L.A. |
|
Magnetic A.L.A. |
|
Electromagnetic A.L.A. |
| Prevent-Stripping Equipment (Geheimhaltereinrichtung) |
|
LMB P.S.E. |
|
TMA P.S.E. |
|
BM 1000 P.S.E. |
|
Mechanical P.S.E. |
|
Sea-Cell P.S.E. |
|
ZUS-40 Anti-Withdrawal Device |
|
Chapter 13 – Miscellaneous
Mines |
| KK Mine |
| RK Mine |
| K TR Mi Mines of the Wehrmacht |
|
K TR Mi 38 |
|
K TR Mi 41 |
|
Bibliography |
| Technical Reports - Naval Technical Mission in Europe |
| Mine and Mine-Unit Documents forwarded from Germany |
| Miscellaneous Reports |
|
Addenda |
| Personalities |
|
SVK |
|
E-Stelle (Luftwaffe) |
|
Others |
| Firms Working on Mine Development - Research Institutes
Working on Mines |
|
Abbreviations |
| Abbreviations, German - Translations |
| Mine Unit Designations - Allied - German |
| Mine Designations - Allied - German |
