Stock Mine
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The stock mine was a German
Germany
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 anti-personnel stake mine
Anti-personnel mine
Anti-personnel mines are a form of land mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles...

 used during the Second World War. It consisted of a cylindrical concrete main body on top of a short wooden stake. The concrete head contained a small TNT bursting charge, and was embedded with a number of metal fragments. A fuze
Fuze
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 is fitted to a central fuze well on the top of the mine. It could be used with a range of fuzes including the ZZ 35, ZZ 42 and ZU ZZ 35 that would trigger on either a tripwire pull or release.

A number of copies of the mine were produced after the war by different countries including the Cuba
Cuba
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n PMFC-1, the Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
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n PP-Mi-Sb, and the Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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n PMR-2 which is found in Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 and Croatia
Croatia
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.

Specifications

Stock Mine PMFC-1 PMR-2 PP Mi-Sb
Height
(excluding stake)
165 mm 150 mm 180 mm (approx) 140 mm
Diameter 70 mm 75 mm 80 mm 75 mm
Weight 2 kg 2 kg 2.2 kg 2.1 kg
Explosive content 0.1 kg 0.075 kg of TNT 0.075 kg of TNT 0.075 kg of TNT
Operating pressure various 1 to 15 kg 3 kg pull 1 to 15 kg pull
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