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) |
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) |
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 |