German 400 Gram Schü-mine (Pandomic Reproduction)

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[FONT=&amp]German 400 Gram Schü mine (Pandemic Repro)[/FONT]
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[FONT=&amp]With a lot of time on my hands, during the pandemic, I decided to make some reproduction German wooden mines. This one the, 400 Gram Schü Mine, I found in the US Army “German Mine Warfare Equipment” TM 5-223C. I have an original Schü-mine 42 and it was made up of 1/4” plywood, so I decided to construct this one in the same material. Problem was finding 1/4” plywood today, it is all about 3/16” thick, but with a lot of searching I did find some on line. I tried to give it a weathered look, again like my original mine, even rusting the nails used. Made up two 200 Gram Charges and then used a Z.Z. 42 Fuze, with a Sprengkapselin No 8 Detonator.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&amp]Drawing from TM 5-223C booklet, that I used to construct the mine.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&amp]The mine opened, showing the two 200 Gram Charges, Z.Z. 42 Fuze, and Sprengkapselin No 8 Detonator. Also shows the fuze support block. Why the charges were stepped up, I don’t know.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&amp]Shows everything in place in the mine. Showing Safety-Pin Cord, that keeps the lid from being pressed down until it is withdrawn. I have put a red box around the Actuating Pin, which is a very small nail, that when the top is pressed down it will bend and let the top release the pin in the Z.Z. 42 Fuze, setting off the mine. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&amp]Mine closed with the Safety-Pin Cord still in place. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&amp]I hope to show more of my mine repros in the next few days.[/FONT]
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