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| Japanese Explosive Ordnance – Bombs, Bomb Fuzes, Land Mines,
Grenades, Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices |
| Chapter 3 - Section 1 |
| Land Mines |
| Air Strip Mine |
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(Upper Half, Figure 166) |
| Type of explosive: 31 100-kg. bombs and picric acid. |
| Method of detonation: Closing electrical circuit or by use of demolition block. |
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Description: The bombs were stacked around picric acid blocks in which electrical deto-nators were inserted. The entire mine was under a turf-covered piece of sheet iron that would case the circuit and fire the charge if the iron were lifted or depressed. A clock-work was also inserted to fire charge if iron was not distrubed. |
| Antitank Mine |
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(Lower Half, Figure 166) |
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Type of explosive: 2 hand grenades, a 2 pound prepared charge picric acid, and a Mod 99 armor-piercing mine. |
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Method of detonation: Pressure or board to fire fuzes in grenades. Sympathetic detona-tion relied upon for explosion of main charge. |
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Description: A prepared picric charge was laid on top of an armor-piercing mine and a hand grenade was set on the two sides. A board was laid over the top so that pressure would be transmitted to the fuzes of the grenades. |
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Figure 166 – Improvised Antitank Land Mine and Airstrip Mine. |
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