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Italien AP mine. Not know model!!!
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Italian Training VS-MK 2 APERS mines.
I see jvollenberg beat me to the punch. It appears that you have the Italian AP VS-MK2 Practice Mine. The following information is from Ordata Online.
The mine and shipping cover will normally be olive drag, but may be produced in other colors to suit local conditions. Special infrared reflective paints are also available. Two yellow dots may be affixed 180 degrees apart on the fuze housing retainer. The detonator cover when installed may be blue. The VS-Mk 2 practice mine is painted identical to the explosive mine except it has two blue dots affixed 180 degrees apart on the fuze housing retainer.
Diameter 90mm
Height 33mm
These photos and diagram are also from Ordata Online.
These are the VAR-40, VAR-100 and VAR-100SP, which as you can see have quite a different body style.
The mine and shipping cover will normally be olive drag, but may be produced in other colors to suit local conditions. Special infrared reflective paints are also available. Two yellow dots may be affixed 180 degrees apart on the fuze housing retainer. The detonator cover when installed may be blue. The VS-Mk 2 practice mine is painted identical to the explosive mine except it has two blue dots affixed 180 degrees apart on the fuze housing retainer.
Diameter 90mm
Height 33mm
These photos and diagram are also from Ordata Online.
These are the VAR-40, VAR-100 and VAR-100SP, which as you can see have quite a different body style.
stecol
Well-Known Member
Hi,
I fully confirm what correctly jvollenberg and ammocat said, but I noticed that the specimen in the images 1, 2 and 5 has a transparent body.
It should be the training version to show the functioning of internal mechanisms in classroom, very nice and uncommon (almost rare).
Regards
stecol
I fully confirm what correctly jvollenberg and ammocat said, but I noticed that the specimen in the images 1, 2 and 5 has a transparent body.
It should be the training version to show the functioning of internal mechanisms in classroom, very nice and uncommon (almost rare).
Regards
stecol
Grenademan2005
Well-Known Member
Yes, and the word INERTE is stenciled two times. I have never seen one of these Italian or Spanish, (Spain used a lot of Italian mines), in transparent plastic.
