DIAMETER

HEIGHT

TOTAL WEIGHT

EXPLOSIVE WEIGHT

EXPLOSIVE

MATERIAL

COLOR

FUZE

PRESSURE REQUIRED

USE:

Defense against armored cars, tanks, and other vehilces. The mine will immobilize tanks and vehicles.

COMPONENTS:

The G.S. Mk V mine has three main components: the loaded mine body, the fuze, and the spider. Attached to the mine body are four metal clips with bayonet joints; in which pins on the spider are engaged.

(a) Mine Body: The mine body is cylindrical in shape and contains a central well for the insertion of the fuze. During normal shipping and storage this well is closed at the top by a pressure cap. A rubber washer, on which rests the pressure cap, is located on the top of the mine around the fuze well.

(b) Fuze, Mine, Contact, A/T, No. 3 Mk I: This fuze operates on the shear pin prin-ciple, and consists merely of a spring-loaded striker retained by a shear pin. Below the striker in the fuze body is located a percussion cap and detonator inserted into a boos-ter of two C.E. pellets. All components, striker mechanism, cap and detonator, and booster, are contained in the fuze body. Pressure on the spider is transmitted to the pressure cap, which forces the striker through the shear wire. The striker is then forced by its spring into the detonator, firing the mine.

ASSEMBLY & ARMING:

After mine has been placed in the ground, remove the spider and pressure cap. Ins-pect the mine fuze to make certain that the shear wire is in place, then insert the fuze. Extract the safety pin from the fuze, and replace the pressure cap so that it rests on the rubber washer. Replace the spider, making certain that the pins engage the slots in the clips.

NEUTRALIZATION:

To neutralize this mine, remove the spider and pressure cap and insert a safety pin in the safety pin hole in the striker head. Remove the fuze from the well. Replace the pressure cap and spider and remove mine from its hole.

REMARKS:

1. If mine to be re-used, inspect the shear pin to see that it has not been cut or partically cut. Straighten the clips and make certain that the spider can be fitted over the pressure cap without a strain.

2. Mine, A/T, G.S. Mk Vc: This mine is identical with the G.S. Mk IV mine and is handled in exactly the same way. (See page 7). It is, however, loaded with less explo-sive: 4-1/2 lbs. of T.N.T. or Baratol, total weight, 8 lbs.