Description
This pressed-steel antipersonnel mine is about 4 inches in diameter and P j inches high. It consists of a charge container and a lid. Hinged to the top of the lid is an oval, wire carrying handle. A safety pin projects through a hole in the side of the lid and the charge container into the percussion-cap detonator which is screwed into
the bottom of the charge container. Attached to the under side of the lid is a pronged fuze actuating piece which actuates the leaf spring of the percussion type fuze when under pressure. The fuze consists of an inverted U-shaped metal leaf spring, a striker, and a built-in percussion cap detonator.
This mine is scattered in grassy areas or along trails and road shoulders to hinder foot troops.
Functioning
Pressure on the lid depresses the leaf spring until it snaps over forcing the striker against the percussion cap which fires the detonator and the main charge.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
Physical Data
Diameter - 4 in. (102 mm)
Height - 1.5 in. (38 mm)
See Also
Nothing else to see.
Source(s)
TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (1963)
TM 5-223A, Soviet Mine Warfare Equipment (1951)
