Item Description
Original Item. Only One Available. This is a Chinese copy of the German Schützenmine 42. It comes in a metal body as opposed to the German wood, with a red and green band painted around the middle of the mine. This is the first example we have seen. NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT.
The mine is marked on the side with Chinese characters, but is marked on the top:
SCHUMINE I.P. K1
I.OT9 T.N.T./C.E.2
K.F.3-50 ITX/I/GE
The 3-50 may denote a manufacture date of March 1950. The mine still has part of its fuze and wooden inserts. A very interesting copy of a German design. Ready for further research and display.
The Schu-mine 42 (Shoe-mine), also known as the Schützenmine 42, was a German anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a simple wooden box with a hinged lid containing a 200-gram (7.1 oz) block of cast TNT and a ZZ-42 type detonator. A slot in the lid pressed down on the striker retaining pin, sufficient pressure on the lid caused the pin to move, releasing the striker which triggered the detonator.
The mine was cheap to produce and deployed in large numbers. As an early example of a minimum metal mine, it was difficult to detect with early metal detectors - the only metal present was a small amount in the mine's detonator. During the Normandy Campaign the British resorted to using explosive detection dogs to find them.
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Totally inert, cannot be converted to an explosive device, not available for export. This item is completely legal within the USA. International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and Local laws. Everything for sale on ima-usa.com is completely legal to own, trade, transport and sell within the United States of America.
All deactivated ordnance sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF).
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