108. Plastic-Explosive Mine

a. Description. This improvised antipersonnel plastic-explosive mine (fig. 131) consists of a main charge of several packages of plastic explosive tied together around a 200-gram (0.44 pound) booster charge. These mines usually were fuzed with an Italian pressure friction fuze, designed for the Italian four-fuze mine.

b. Employment. This mine is laid within positions of opposing forces after infiltration be-hind their lines. It usually is laid on the shoulders of roads.

c. Functioning. Pressure crushes the Italian pressure friction fuze, actuating it and firing the detonator, the booster charge, and the main charge.

d. Installing and Arming.

(1)

Mold the plastic explosive around the booster charge and tie the plastic ex-plosive in place with a cord.

(2)

Insert the fuze, with detonator, in the booster charge.

e. Neutralizing.

(1)

Examine the mine for trip wires attached to the binding cord.

(2)

Lift the fuze from the booster charge.

(3)

Remove the detonator.

Figure 131. Improvised antipersonnel plastic-explosive mine.