WWII U.S. M1 M1A1 & M1B1 AT Mines

[Dirt Detective]

Hey Guys, Not a lot of info here on the WWII U.S. anti tank mines so thought I would start a thread covering them.

Here are some pics of practice mines I have. The M1 and M1A1 mines can be identified by the holes in the side of the body..these had heavy steel rings inside that simulated the weight of a real HE mine. The M1 spyder is made from 3 parts while the M1A1 is stamped.

The M1B1 has the holes on top of the body and it no longer has the steel ring inside ( saves on material and shipping weight) the soldier was supposed to remove the cap and fill with sand before burying but never found that way.

The fuze's for all 3 are the same type although different styles are found. Mines are almost always buried upside down and sometimes stacked.

 

[Dirt Detective]

Some pics of the fuse..I will add pics of the inside later. Hope I not boring you guys with this post. :crossedlips:

 

[Dirt Detective]

I received permission from HAZORD and US-Subs to add pic's of their original HE Mines to this post..Thanks to both. Here is HAZORD's mine

 

[Dirt Detective]

US-Subs also provided a nice shot of the inside fuze well of a WWII HE Mine. If anyone else has WWII M1 or M1A1 mines..please feel free to post..I would love to see them.

 

[Dirt Detective]

Here is a nice pic of a G.I. with a M1A1 mine. Here are two more original mines, the dug one is from Mad Bomber and the Green top and yellow bottom is from US-Subs

 

[Antoon]

Here another nice picture with M1A1 mines.

 

[wichitaslumlord]

This is a very interesting post. I had not run across this post before so THANKS for the information and pictures. Pat

 

[Lou]

Heres mine,,, no pun intended. Just arrived yesturday havent had a chance to clean her up yet.

 

[Slick]

Here's a re-painted/labeled one in the collection. More on their way to me as I write this. That's a resin replica/fake fuze.

 

[Dirt Detective]

Hi Slick..nice looking mine. Is that a real HE mine or a practice made up to look like a HE mine?

 

[Slick]

Dirt

New to the mine collecting, so don't hold me to this, but I believe it is a "repurposed" training mine. I don't know the differences, yet.

 

[Kilroy was Here]

Here's one I used to have. It had the bag that was used to bury them to keep rocks or dirt from getting under pressure plate or spider. It is a trainer painted up to look like a HE mine.

Regards, Steve

 

[Dirt Detective]

Just picked up this M4 HE Mine, looks to be original paint.

 

[Slick]

Nice one. I finally got a shipment of goodies which included a variety of mines that I have not yet investigated. All new to me and will post more when details are known. Anybody else feel free to jump and ID any of them. Won't hurt my feelin's one bit.

 

[Dirt Detective]

Dirt

New to the mine collecting, so don't hold me to this, but I believe it is a "repurposed" training mine. I don't know the differences, yet.

Hi Slick,
yea..thats a practice mine that had its smoke holes patched and painted to represent a HE mine with a polymer fuze molded from a real practice fuze.
Rgds, Mike