Description
Practice mine M20 is used for training personnel in the proper methods and precautions to be observed in the care, handling, laying and arming, booby trapping, and disarming of the high explosive, heavy, antitank mine M15.
The M20 mine has a squat cylindrical steel casing, externally similar to the high explosive mine M15, but differs by having three filler holes around its periphery, and perforations around the arming plug and secondary fuzing wells, indicative of inert status. The mine is issued empty, with arming plug M4 assembled, but lacking either primary or secondary fuze. It is to be loaded with sand and fuzed in the field. The mine is inert except for the smoke charge and M45 primer in the M604 fuze, the smoke charge primer in the M1 practice activator, and the primer in the secondary fuzing device. The primary fuze is the fuze M604. The secondary fuze wells will accept practice antitank mine activator M1 and any firing device having 9/16 inch threading. A wire carrying handle is provided. The mine, with M604 fuze, is activated by the weight of an intermediate or heavy tank. Lighter equipment or personnel will not overcome the spring system of the mine and actuate the fuze.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
Hazardous Components
No information about hazardous components.
See Also
Source(s)
TM 43-0001-36, Land Mines (chg 3, 2000)
