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Italian Landmine, APERS, Minelba, Type A

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1519-307

Description

This mine consists of a marbleized plastic case, a black rubber-covered aluminum pressure plate, a main charge, a detonator, and a pneumatic fuze. The fuze has an air-compression chamber, a piston block, a piston, a piston retarding spring, and a firing pin. This fuze prevents actuation by explosive forces of short duration.

This mine may be laid in antipersonnel minefields and in antitank minefields to hinder clearing operations.

Functioning

No information about functioning.

See Also

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Source(s)

TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (chg 1, 1971)