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GERMAN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE - BOMBS, BOMB FUZES, ROCKET, LAND MINES, GRENADES AND IGNITER
Chapter 4
GERMAN LANDMINES, GRENADES, AND IGNITERS
"B-STABMINE" (CONCRETE STICKMINE) (A/P)
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

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