Italian AUPS A/P Blast Mine.

[ron3350]

Here are 6 views of the Italian AUPS A/P blast mine. Brown bakelite with a rubber fuze top.
It can be inverted as a stake mine when a steel frag. sleeve and trip-wire pull fuze is used.
What is the word in blue. Looks like Esercita ?? so must be a training mine.

 

[stecol]

Yes, ESERCITAZIONE stands for "Practice"

Regards
stecol

 

[pzgr40]

I am still working on cutaway of one , but the baseplug is missing with all the mines I encountered so far. Anybody have a spare base plug?