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| GERMAN MINE WARFARE EQUIPMENT |
| PART TWO – GERMAN MINE WARFARE EQUIPMENT |
| CHAPTER 7 - ANTIPERSONNEL MINES |
| Section I. ANTIPERSONNEL MINES |
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99. Plastic-Can Mine (Schützendosenmine Kunststoff; Schü.Do.Mi.K.) |
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a. Description. The antipersonnel plastic-can mine (fig. 118) is a copy of the British tire-burster or "ointment box" mine. It is 2 3/8 inches in diameter and 1 5/8 inches high. A small, black, cylindrical bakelite case with an overlapping lid houses a doughnut-shaped main charge, a built-in spring-loaded striker held by a shear wire, and a threaded percus-sion-cap-and-detonator assembly. The pressure lid is held to the case by adhesive tape. This mine weighs 4 ounces, including 2.5 oun-ces of explosive. |
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b. Employment. This mine is scattered along airfields runways, paths, roads, and road shoulders to injure personnel and to destroy the tires of vehicles and aircraft. |
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c. Functioning. |
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Pressure on the top or bottom of the mine compresses the striker spring, causing it to bear on the pressure disk in the hollow striker shaft. |
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Further pressure causes the pressure disk to shear the shear wire, releasing the spring-loaded striker against the percussion-cap-and-detonator assembly and firing the main charge. |
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d. Installing and Arming. |
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Remove the shipping plug from the detonator well in the bottom of the mine. |
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Screw in the percussion-cap-and-detonator assembly. |
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Place the mine on the ground or in a hole with the pressure lid slightly above ground level. |
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e. Neutralizing. Unscrew the percussion-cap-and-detonator assembly being careful not to exert any pressure on the pressure lid. |
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f. Packing. Two hundred of these mines are packed in a zinc-lined wooden box with a desecriptive label on the lid. |
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Figure 118. Plastic-can mine. |
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