ww2 german glassmines.

[Fuzeman]

Hi Paul
The dowel you are talking about is the safety fork , to stop the igniter from being activated , these were not supplied in the box containing the bits , but were fashioned from materials to hand.
Steve

 

[waffenamt]

Cheers to spotter and FM for the dowel question.
Hats off to BMG and Roller also.
Ive PM`d a couple of you over spares and i appreciate all the replies.
If a few of you want any of these mines,i will get in touch with my pal again later for you??


best

waff

 

[Madbomber31]

Nice Buy Waff,

They look very nice mate.

Cheers Mad B)

 

[waffenamt]

Thanks Mad.

Im going to ask my pal if he will join our site.

best

waff

 

[BMG50]

I was talking to someone the other day about glass mines and they said that the correct safety fork is made of metal not wood, i believe this is stated in a TM.

 

[spotter]

does anyone have the measurements for the charge used in the glass mine so i can make a DUMMY not replica one

 

[engineer]

Length: about 7cm, width: about 4cm, height: about 5cm

Do you need a dummy?

 

[spotter]

Hello ,thanks for replys ,but just needed measurements as i just want to put a wooden block in the correct size ,just to show the size of the charge

 

[sudelmuk]

On the bottom of that bowl..got to be the year of make??

Hello waff, thank you for your welcome. The mark 40 is definitive not the year of making, because this kind of mine first appeared in late summer 1944. I think it is part of the manufacturers sign (Max Greul, Berlin??).
Some people believe that the different patterns on the bottom of the pot's (to fix the 200gr.charge) are also a manufacturer sign. But I do not know that exactly. regards

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi the German designation is GI Mi 43 year of manufacture was 1943 there were several variations of bases used , the couple i owned one had an oblong base for the 200 gram charge the other one had just raised ribs for the charge to fit in , there were also variations of igniter plate , some had just plain steel plate others had a circular design on them, both of which took the boars head igniter , also a lot of the glass bases were not marked .

 

[waffenamt]

Thanks boys for the extra information on these.:tinysmile_grin_t:

best

waff

 

[sudelmuk]

Hi, fuzeman!

Hi the German designation is GI Mi 43 year of manufacture was 1943 there were several variations of bases used , the couple i owned one had an oblong base for the 200 gram charge the other one had just raised ribs for the charge to fit in , there were also variations of igniter plate , some had just plain steel plate others had a circular design on them, both of which took the boars head igniter , also a lot of the glass bases were not marked .

thank you for your warm welcome. You are right in all exept the year of manufacture. Not always the year after the designation indicates the year of manufacture but the year of development. Three examples for my theory depending on german sources: S.Mi.35, the first 1.000 were delivered in August 1938 - T.Mi.35, first considerable numbers appeared in 1937 - E.S.Mi.Z 40 commission for development was given on 6th February 1940, status on 1st Juli 42 "in development, 30 chains with nine fuzes each available for trials, delivery planned for August 42", first encountered in service from American forces at the beginning of 1943 in Tunesia (sole manufacturer of this device was: cqx 42/Friemann & Wolf GmbH, Zwickau/ Saxonia).

all the best

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Thats very interesting information thanks ,Im sure that the official German mine manual , that i owned some years ago was dated Berlin 1935from the research that was carried out for a television documentary , the officials in germany that were interviewed regarding weapon development , said that once a weapon had been formally introduced into service its number was used an example being the ZUS 40 anti withdrawl device was designed in 1940 , subsequent alterations it was always a zus40 variation 1 , 2 or 3 .

 

[BMG50]

I thought that Glass mines were in use from April 1944 onwards. S-mine 44 August/ October 1944 and Topf mines around Jan/ Feb 1945.