Bowl-shaped non-magnetic anti-tank mine. The body is made of a special mixture of crushed varnished paper, glass screws. Use with chemical igniter T.Mi.Z 43. It could be used as an anti-belt ramp (glass screws down) or moving (glass up) - for this purpose it was adjusted with a wand bending igniter.
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The German designation is ToMi A 4531 weight: 10 kg height: 140 mm diameter: 318 mm initiation pressure: 150 kg the explosive used in this mine was Amatol. The black color was caused by the addition of asphalt to the mixture from which the shell of the mine is made.
Source: Small arms, Artilery and special Weapon of the Third Reich by T. Gander and P. Chamberlain, Macdonald and Jane´s published in London 1978 ISBN 0 354 01108 1
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