The Riegel mine 43 or is a German

Germany

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 steel cased anti-tank bar mine

Anti-tank mine

An anti-tank mine, , is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles....

 used during the Second World War. The mine is a long thin oblong. It consists of lower and upper metal tray and an internal metal cased explosive block. It uses two ZZ42 fuzes inserted into either end of the internal block, although it can be used with an additional top pressure fuze side. The mine is similar to the Italian

Italy

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 B-2 mine. A variant, the Riegel mine 44 was also produced with a different fuze. 3,051,400 were produced between 1943 and 1945.

The mine is almost impossible to disarm, since the corrosion of the wires in the fuze mechanism may have made the mine sensitive to even touch, additionally the mine could be fitted with up to three anti-handling devices.

The mine is found in Egypt

Egypt

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 and Libya

Libya

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Specifications

• Weight: 9.3 kg
• Explosive content: 4 kg of TNT
• Length: 800 mm
• Width: 95 mm
• Height: 120 mm
• Operating pressure: Variable - 360 kg at the centre, 180 kg at the ends.