Description
The MUV pull fuze is an instantaneous, mechanical, pull type containing a spring-loaded striker with a striker retaining pin release. It is a modernized UV pull fuze. It differs from the UV fuze by having an internally threaded base into which an MD-2 detonator assembly is screwed when the fuze is to be inserted in a mine or charge. The striker head is slightly different from the UV fuze. A safety sleeve may be provided for carrying the fuze in the cocked position. Some models of this fuze employed in Korea have had plastic bodies with metallic strikers and mainsprings. The fuze is nearly identical with the British percussion pull fuze, the German ZZ 42 fuze, the Italian 1-pound antipersonnel mine fuze, and the Finnish pull fuze used in their antipersonnel shrapnel and wooden antipersonnel mines. The MUV pull fuze may be provided with a loop and wing type striker-retaining pin.
The MUV was the most commonly used mechanical pull fuze in the Soviet Army. It was employed in the following mines: TM-35, TM-38, T-IV, TM-39, TM-35(M), dog mine, asbestos mine, YaM series of antitank mines, Ovtsinnikov mine, lever mine, VMG seesaw winter mine, tilt rod mine, vise mine, fragmentation and tread mine, POMZ-2 mine, pot mine, PMD series of mines, and the wooden box mine. The fuze was also used in many improvised mines.
Functioning
Pull of a few pounds on the striker-retaining pin pulls the pin out of the striker, releasing the striker against the percussion cap.
See Also
Landmine, APERS, Fragmentation Tread
Landmine, Multipurpose, Ovtsinnikov
Landmine, Multipurpose, Tilt Rod
Landmine, Multipurpose, VMG Seesaw Winter
Source(s)
Basic Identification of Ammunition in Ukraine 5.0 (2023)
TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (chg 1, 1971)
TM 5-223A, Soviet Mine Warfare Equipment (1951)
