anti tank mine

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I was always amazed by the balls you must have to run up to a tank and place this on it. It is in the pile of grenades I think that is what it is.

[Simon O.]

You can almost hear the officer now


"I need a volunteer....."

[GHP]

Sort of like this:




[quote]The Hafthohlladung was mostly used by Wehrmacht tank killer squads. It had a three pair of magnets around its base, which enabled the infantryman using the device to place it directly onto the enemy tank, before arming it by pulling the ignitor at the rear of the mine. This meant that the slope of the armour had a negligible effect on the efficacy of the shaped charge, but it also made the action of placing the charge rather suicidal, as the infantryman would be very vulnerable to enemy fire. The charge itself was very effective against armour, being able to penetrate around 140mm of RHA.
•Weight: 3kg for the H3 version, 3.5kg for the H3.5 version.
•Date of issue: November 1942
•Penetration: 140mm of RHA angled at 0 degrees, 20 inches of concrete
•Fuse: Friction ignited 4.5 second delay fuse, increased to 7.5 seconds in May 1943
•Production: 553,900 produced 1942-44
•Declared obsolete in May 1944 in favour of the Panzerfaust, but existing stockpiles were still used.[/url]

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Do my eyes play tricks on me .... or are the soldiers smiling?

--Guy

[jmark]

The Hafthohlladung dates this photo to winter 1942-43. Can you read what's on the sign in the background?

Jason

[jmark]

I was always amazed by the balls you must have to run up to a tank and place this on it.

After reading a story by a pioneer officer, I'm amazed by the balls it took just to carry one around. It was supposedly filled with safe-to-handle explosive that could only be triggered by a detonator. However, this particular officer lost a man when the Hafthohlladung he was carrying was struck by a shell fragment. The poor guy disintegrated. This was in September 1942, a few days after they were first issued to this particular battalion. Needless to say confidence in this new weapon was not high.

Jason

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hafthohlladung

the answer here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOZ9sdeTXr8

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just dug the pic out and the loupe looks like meer ofer or weer ofer could be an i or l at the end of the first word I have bad eyes and a bad loupe need new of both