Need urgent info about German riegelmine.

[Fjordhouse]

I need information about the German riegelmine Model 44. who can help me?
Regards Ben

 

[siegfreid]

Long thin anti tank mine !!??

 

[millsbomber]

it was also made in 1944, this could be a long drawn out thread,,,,,,,, Dave

 

[Tmine35]

http://www.lexpev.nl/minesandcharges/europe/germany/riegelmine44.html

 

[stecol]

The R.Mi. 44 (Riegel Mine 44) is a german blast, pressure, anti-tank mine.

It's a bar mine issued by germans by the end of WW2 and is an improvement of the R.Mi. 43, from which it differs for the two piece construction and the use of pressure fuzes T.Mi.Z. 42 or T.Mi.Z. 43 commonly used by the last models of Tellermines.

The R.Mi. 44 consists of a rectangular base plate and a prismatic explosive charge box. These two parts are held together by two round plates screwed under the ends of the rectangular base. These plates have a triple function: hold together the two main components of the mine, functioning as a pressure plate and close the fuze wells.

Above the centre of the round base plates, there are the fuze wells that starting from the base plate, entering into charge box. The end of the fuze wells, which is in the charge box, is surrounded by a PETN booster.
The R.Mi. 44 has three other auxiliary fuze wells (boobytrapping), two of them located at the ends of the charge box and one to the centre of the top face.

Regards
stecol

 

[Eodtek]

Sorry I'm late to the discussion. Attached are a spec sheet for the mine and fuze.

 

[stecol]

Interesting documents but referring to Spreng Riegel 8,0 kg, two models before the Riegel Mine 44.

Regards
stecol

 

[Fjordhouse]

Yes correct, i am still looking for some good pictures of the Riegel Mine 44, drawings are even better

Regards

Ben

 

[Ivashkin]

Very interesting documents. I very hope, that very soon we will have good photo from Sankt-Petersburg museum mine R.Mi. 44. And it will be photo of disassemble mine. I very hope, that All will be good

 

[Eodtek]

Crap, I pulled the wrong one. I'll look again when I get back into the office to see if I can find the one you are looking for.

 

[Eodtek]

Ok, here is the corrected tech sheet along with fuze info. This is taken from the USN/BDS manual "German Bombs & Fuzes, Landmines & Igniters 15 March, 1944"

 

[Panzerknacker]

That is the wrong one again ! This is the 43 NOT THE 44 model !

 

[Bonnex]

Sorry, I note this has come up before but I will leave it for interest.



View attachment Pages from German Army Equipment 1939 - 1945, Vol. 5.pdf

 

[Panzerknacker]

Thats the 8kg were after the R.MI 44 !

 

[Fjordhouse]

Hello, many thank for all your work, but I need info about the model 44, regards Ben

 

[Eodtek]

Damn it I can seem to get it right. I'll look again tomorrow.

Sorry all.

 

[sudelmuk]

Thats the 8kg were after the R.MI 44 !

That's not true.
What Bonnex has shown is a late and very rare Riegelmine 43 B with it's new safeguard mechanism.

 

[Bonnex]

I have looked in a dozen places for this R.Mi.44 and everything stops at the 43/43B. I'm convinced this is Ben sending us on a wild goose chase as a build up for an April Fool's scam -) [that was a joke - I hope 'wild goose chase' and April Fool translates to you foreign chaps]

 

[Panzerknacker]

No the Riegel mine 44 is real, the only known example is in a museum in Russia ! There seems to be very little documentation on it, but there are other mines aswell not documented ! I would like to find out what museum in Russia to

 

[Fjordhouse]

Yes they have found some in Germany, but they all have been blown up, there is a very bad picture of the mine, they took it with a remote camara normaly we can say " thank g.d we have the pictures" but in this case it was such a bad picture that they can not put it in the database, regards Ben