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Schu mine 42

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Place of origin
  
Nazi Germany

Wars
  
World War II

Filling weight
  
200 grams (7.1 oz)

Used by
  
Germany

Filling
  
TNT

Schu-mine 42

Type
  
Anti-personnel blast mine

The Schu-mine 42 (Shoe-mine), also known as the Schützenmine 42, was a German anti-personnel mine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a simple wooden box with a hinged lid containing a 200-gram (7.1 oz) block of cast TNT and a ZZ-42 type detonator. A slot in the lid pressed down on the striker retaining pin, sufficient pressure on the lid caused the pin to move, releasing the striker which triggered the detonator.

The mine was cheap to produce and deployed in large numbers. As an early example of a minimum metal mine, it was difficult to detect with early metal detectors - the only metal present was a small amount in the mine's detonator. During the Normandy Campaign the British resorted to using explosive detection dogs to find them.

References

Schu-mine 42 Wikipedia