Any one have any great sources of info on the german "S" mine.

you mean that little booger that would shoot up waist height and blow ya up?

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That's the one, the original 'bouncing betty'. I read a quote somewhere where a US GI called it the "scariest thing in all of europe", mainly because it was so good at inflicting a soldiers most dreaded injury.

Ya castration....

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Just like the real Rommel, you love mines, do you?

S-Mine 35
Height: 5 inches
Diameter: 4 inches
Weight 9 pounds
TNT: 14 + 4 ounces
Firing Load: 360 steel balls
Trip Weight: 15 pounds
Mine jumps 3 to 5 feet before detonation

Method of Employment: This mine may be tripped by a pressure trigger or by one or more trip wires. It may also be fired electrically. It was transported in wooden boxes, with 3 contained in each. The mine was made to explode after jumping, using a propellant charge, but this was sometimes replaced with a conventional charge, causing it to explode on, or more accurately said, in the ground.

Method of Neutralization: Direct neutralization of the igniters, after finding and cutting trip wires. Unscrew plugs and remove detonator to disarm.

Shü-Mine 42
Weight: 1.1 pounds
TNT: 200g

A much simpler mine than the S 35, the Shu-Mine 42 is made of impregnated plywood, cardboard, and painted dull black, making an easy manufacture as well as use.

Method of Neutralization: Being aware for anti-handling devices, as always, and see whether the pin is firmly in the striker. If so the mine may be lifted. Mines with displaced pins should be destroyed in place.

S-Mine 44
Height: 5 inches
Diameter: 4 inches
Weight 9 pounds
TNT: 14 + 4 ounces
Firing Load: 360 steel balls
Trip Weight: 15 pounds
Mine jumps 3 to 5 feet before detonation
Lethal to 22 yards, casualties to 110 yards

Method of Employment: The igniter is tripped by both push and pull triggering. This makes this mine extremely dangerous to handle once armed. The weapon can cause casualties up to 110 yards, a powerful range. Similar to the S35, the S44 jumps before explosion. The main operational difference in the two mines is the S44 has a coil, which when extended completely during the tripping of the mine, pulls the firing pin in the charge and explodes.

Method of Neutralization: As a general rule, this mine is better left in place.

Source: http://www.axess.com/users/pete/mines.html

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