Yugoslav TM-500 demolition, mine and sabotage charge

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Cutaway model of a YugoslavTM-500 plastic (PVC) cased explosive charge. It contains 500 grams of TNT.
It can be used for demolition, but also used to from a mine or booby trap. The charge is one of a series of three plastic cased explosives; the cilinder shaped TM-100 (grams), the TM-200 (grams) which has the same rectangular shape as the TM-500, but smaller. All three are green in colour and have one M10x1 fuze well.
It can be fired using a electrically activated detonator, mostly for demolition works.
With the M10x1 threaded fuze well it can use nearly all Yugoslav booby trap fuzes;

• the UNMP- 1 tilt en pressure fuze.
• the UNMP- 1 tilt en pressure fuze.
• the UMOP-1 pressure release fuze.
• The UANU-1 pressure fuze (used in anti tank mines), no metal present so difficult to detect.
• the USKHt chemical time fuze.
• the UMP-2 radial pull fuze.
• the UMP-1 pull fuze.
• the UMNOP pull, pressure and pressure release fuze .

The dimensions of the block are 105 x 69 x 57 mm.
The TM series charges are found in : Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo

Regards, DJH