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Elsie Mines

jvollenberg

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So according to Lexpev site the Elsie mines were used by the UK. Did they have these mines, and what were their designations? I normally don't see the C designations are British. I would have thought they might have given it an L or No. nomenclature. Does anyone have the UK manual on these as well?

[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]http://www.lexpev.nl/minesandcharges/europe/unitedkingdom/apersdrillc3elsie.html[/FONT]

Joe
 
Theres a few additional posts on site about the Elsie just type the name Elsie in the search box
 
Joe,

The British designations were:

Mine, Anti-Personnel, Non-Metallic, C3
Mine, Anti-Personnel, Practice, Non-Metallic, C4
 
They are Canadian in origin - CnAn. Licence manufactured by the U.S. - M25.

TimG
 
UK stuck with Canadian C3 AP Mine designation because there was already an L3 Anti Tank Mine and it might have caused confusion.
 
Mine, Anti-Personnel, Practice, Non-Metallic, C4

so would this refer to the one marked 'DRILL C3', in British service, as show in the Lexpev link above (think I have this one)?

were all these in British service imported from Canada - exactly same as theirs - even down to markings (although designated differently in British forces' literature)?
 
Thanks everyone … I thought they might have kept the C designation, just wasn't sure about it.

Joe
 
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