Code: 56822
A nice and very displayable “Cutaway” German Smi-35, S-Mine or Schrapnellmine.
Clearly ground recovered, the outer body is pitted, the cutaway showing well the steel balls and metal fragments positioned in the cavity outside the charge chamber.
The top plate retains the treaded cover for the charging point and the central fuse stem is complete with the adapter to hold two trip wire fuses in addition to the normal pronged pressure fuse. The adapter is again pitted but all three fuses are in very good condition, two with their safety pins.
From Wikipedia:
The main body of the mine was a steel cylinder 15 cm high and 10 cm wide, and contained a black powder propellant charge at the base to launch the mine. Around the edges of the container are around 360 steel balls, which are projected out by a central TNT explosive charge. On top of this was a hollow steel rod rising out the top of the device, containing the main fuse and topped with the mines trigger.
The mine weighed about 4 kg in total, and required a force of over 7 kg to activate it, as to not be triggered by wildlife and other natural circumstances. Alternatively, the mine could be activated by a trip wire.
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