H023085 TELLER MINE WITH CARRYING CASE (Inert/Deactivated). (Zwei Übungspanzermine T43 mit Kasten)
BACKGROUND: The German army utilized a wide variety of assorted anti-personnel and anti-vehicles mines as well as assorted demolition charges. The mines and demolition charges were generally handled by Pioneers, (Combat Engineers), troops. As a result the Engineers were issued assorted specialized equipment designed to meet their needs as the spearhead troops tasked with destroying enemy obstacles and creating forward defensive positions for their own troops. Along with the engineer’s assault packs, long handle shovels, picks and axes and explosive tool kits the engineers were also equipped with a wide variety of explosive charges including the assorted Teller Mines. The Teller, (Plate), mines gained there name after their flat, round, plate like appearance and were originally developed as the TMi-29 in 1929. The Teller mines were produced in at least four variants with the TMi-35 and the TMi-35 Stahl, (Steel), developed in 1935, the TMi-42 in 1942 and the TMi-43 Pilz, (Mushroom), in 1943. The TMi-35 was the most common of all the variants and was manufactured up until 1943. The TMi-35 utilized roughly eleven pounds of TNT and could be activated by a trip wire or pull cord or by applying roughly three hundred pounds of pressure to an igniter that was inserted into the top center of the mine. The German army went to great lengths to ensure its personnel were provided with the best in-depth training that was available at the time. The training took many forms and there were numerous training manuals for all of the specific branches of service. In an attempt to replicate the most realistic combat conditions possible the German army also used live fire training exercises and found a one percent training fatality rate as acceptable, reasoning it was better to remove inadequate personnel in training as opposed to having them risk other lives in actual battle. Although the German’s did use live fire training exercises, for economic and safety reasons they also utilized a wide variety of dummy training weapons including the anti-tank Teller mines.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A single, multi-piece constructed T-Mi-Pilz 43 marked mine within a 33cm x 33xm x 24cm tooled and injection molded alloy construction carrying case with steel fittings. The field-grey painted case features injection molded alloy panels with dual, large, central, circular cut-outs, swivel hinged bottoms and dual, steel, pressure closure clips to the top of both the obverse and reverse of the case. One pair of pressure clips do not function as they cannot latch onto the panel. The ends, top and bottom of the case area all opened and the sides each have a central, vertical alloy bar to secure the mines in place. The top has a central, swivel, tubular alloy carrying handle and the bottom has dual tubular, alloy retaining bars. All four exterior corners of the case are angled inwards diagonally and the interior corners have semi-circular alloy, steel and leather panels to secure the mines in place. The mines can only be inserted into the case in one direction with the tops facing inward. The case shows moderate/heavy usage and wear with oxidation causing some decay to the carrier. The mine has had a portion of the rear panel removed from the seam, as well as to the front.
Please note, due to Postal Regulations. De-activated firearms and Inert Ordnance may not be shipped outside of Canada.
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