Please enable JavaScript to view this site.

Ordnance, Explosives, and Related Items

Navigation: Ordnance > Landmines > Switzerland

Swiss Landmine, APERS, P59

Scroll Prev Top Next More

 

1519-409

Description

This blast type mine consists of a weatherproof cover, a plastic nylon body, a firing mechanism, and an explosive charge. A variable thickness glass plate is contained within the mine pressure plate and the striker and is used to adjust the amount of pressure required for mine initiation. The detonator screws into the bottom.

Functioning

No information about functioning.

See Also

Nothing else to see.

Source(s)

TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (chg 1, 1971)