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FUZE

PRESSURE REQUIRED

USE:

Defense against armored cars, tanks, and other vehicles.

COMPONENTS:

This mine consists of three, principal parts: the loaded mine body, the mine cover, and the mine fuzing arrangement. The mine cover is mushroom-shaped and is attached to the mine body by four hooked straps which engage a wire fastened to the bottom of the mine cover.

(a) Mine Body: The mine body is a mushroom-shaped container with a central fuze well. On the side of the mine body near the base is located a channel which leads into the central well. This channel is closed by a small metal tab during shipment and sto-rage.

(b) Fuze, Mine, A/T, E.P. Mk II: This mine fuze consists of two separate parts. The first, the plunger system, consists of a plunger inserted into the central well and retain-ed by a shear pin. The second part consists of a detonator and ampoule cartridge in-serted in the channel in the side of the mine body and held in position by the metal tab. Pressure on the mine forces the plunger through the shear pin and down against the ampoule cartridge. The cartridge is crushed, causing a chemical reaction which fires the detonator into which it is inserted, firing the mine.

ASSEMBLY & ARMING:

Insert ampoule cartridge, red end first, into the open end of a No. 8 detonator and seal with luting. Replace the assembly in the detonator box. When ready to lay the mine, remove the steel rod from the hole in the mine body and insert the detonator as-sembly, ampoule end first; without using force. Bend the metal tab over the end of the assembly and place mine in the ground.

NEUTRALIZATION:

E.P. Mk II mines should never be neutralized unless absolutely necessary. They can be disarmed if the detonator assembly will come away easily without using force, but are better destroyed in place.

REMARKS:

1. Once laid, these mines are not to be used again even if disarmed.