| DATA: |
| Length: 10 inches. |
| Diameter or width: 6 inches. |
| Depth: 3 1/2 inches. |
| Color: Camouflage brown. |
| Material: Wood. |
| Pull or pressure required: 9 to 13 pounds. |
| Fuzing: Z.Z. 35. |
|
DESCRIPTION. The
body of the mine consists of wooden box containing the explosive charge.
(See fig. 240.) The initiating stick is fixed in a wooden block which is
wedged into a base raised on supports above the cover of the box. In the
base of the wooden block is a metal hook to which is attached a wire, the
other end being secured to the eye of the pull igniter Z.Z. 35. The pull
igniter is held in a metal clamp in the cover of the box. |
|
OPERATION. Movement
of the stick pulls the wire and thereby fires the igniter and the charge. |
| EMPLOYMENT. Used in tall grass and
on beaches. |
|
Figure 240 – B-Stabmine – Antipersonnel |
