DESCRIPTION. The mine consists of a wooden box which contains a 1/2 pound demoli-tion block fitted with a Z.Z. 42 igniter and detonator. The box is covered with a hinged lid. (See fig. 243.)

OPERATION. Pressure on the box lid pushes the pin out of the igniter, freeing the striker and causing detonation of the igniter cap, detonator and explosive charge.

REMARKS. A modified Schumine with a special large lid and sloping front, designed to employ the Z.Z. 35 igniter, was also encountered. The sloping front engages on an ac-tuating pin pushed through the normal wire hole in the top of the igniter. The modified mine has a hole in the lid to that a cord can be tied to the safety pin and the igniter ar-med from a safe distance.

Figure 243 – Schumine 42 – Antipersonnel