
This is a copy of the World War II German T.Mi.Z. 43 fuze. It is the instantaneous mechanical type actuated either by pressure or pressure-release. The plunger is fitted with a shear pin and retaining balls.
This fuze is used with the Model 1948 antitank mine or with the offset fuzing device that actuates the plate-charge and shaped-charge mines.
No information about functioning.
Landmine, AT, Model 1948 Plate Charge
TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (chg 1, 1971)