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A mate found these recently, Im thinking possiably training aids with what looks like smoke emission holes? Look a lot like mines. Anyone have any clue?
MG34NZ
The metal parts look right for Mk 7 A/Tk mines. In Uk service Drill mines were painted white (and later dark blue to the 1964 NATO standard of markings) and were made of concrete. I think there was a separate Practice mine representing the Mk 7 (the L2A1?). The Practice version of the Mk 7 had an associated fuze with a smoke unit (L1A2?). I believe the idea was that a Practice mine could be re-used a number of times, each time using a fresh fuze/smoke unit. I was never involved with any investigations but occasionally people were killed by the fuze/smoke unit in training, probably due to incorrect use.
Thanks for the input guys, Its good to ID the mystery objects.
As a matter of interest these came out of a river behind the magazines at a military base in NZ, found by a collector friend in the military. He has also reported a number of them in use around the base as door stops...very cool door stops.
Regards
MG34NZ
Folks best image I can find of the Mine laying system for this mine it was used to lay them by the 1000's during cold war training in BAOR.
EODONE:angel:
Folks best image I can find of the Mine laying system for this mine it was used to lay them by the 1000's during cold war training in BAOR.
EODONE:angel:
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