
The body is of metal with a pin as a safety device. This is a copy of the British No. 6, Mk 1 pressure release switch.
This is a boobytrap firing device and may also be used as a pin withdrawal mechanism by the attachment of a tripwire to the safety pin at (1).
No information about functioning.
Firing Device, Pressure Release, No. 6 Mk 1
TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (chg 1, 1971)