Description
The automobile mine designed by Colonel Starinov consists of a rectangular wooden box about 6 3/4 inches long, 4 3/4. inches wide, and 3 inches high. The box contains a 400-gram block of explosive at one end. The ignition element consists of a small battery, an electric detonator, an arming contact, and a detonating contact. A hinged lid on top of the mine is provided for assembling the mine. A pivoted wooden door on one side of the mine covers the hole through which the arming cord extends.
The mine is designed for use against vehicles and is placed in the surface of paved or unpaved roads on a supplementary charge. It is also used as a booby trap.
Functioning
Pulling or breaking the pull wire attached to the detonating contact closes the circuit and explodes the mine.
Hazardous Components
Main charge - 15.7 oz. (400 gram)
Physical Data
Length - 6.75 in. (171 mm)
Width - 4.75 in. (121 mm)
Height - 3 in. (76 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)
