DESCRIPTION. The body of the igniter forms a housing for the striker and for the deto-nator cap. The lower end terminates in a sleeve to which the detonator can be crimped. Holes are drilled in the body to accept the copper shear wire which passes through the striker, the ends being bent into the cannelure. (See fig. 274.)

OPERATION. Pressure on the head of the striker shears the copper shear wire and force the striker into the detonator cap. The subsequent flash passes to the detonator wich in turn initiates the main charge of the mine.

EMPLOYMENT. This igniter was designed for use with the antipersonnel glass bootle mine (Eismine 42).

Figure 274 – Fl.Es.Mi.Z. Pressure Igniter