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Historical UXO News
WWII Era German Chemical Delay Booby Trap
A UXOInfo.com reader doing research at the National Archives came across an interesting sketch from WWII of a German Chemical Delay Booby Trap Firing Mechanism. A copy of the hand drawn sketch drawn initially in color pencil is shown below along with the typed and hand written text that was included with the sketch. No other information was provided on the item. The one page now-declassified document from the National Archives appears to be part of an intelligence report on German Booby Traps.
"On Activation, the tape is pulled off, the wooden strip removed, and the small brass crush screw given a few turns in. This action crushes the acid vial, causes it to dissolve the wire running through the sealed brass tube. When this wire is eaten through, the entire mechanism moves toward the match head under the impetus of the spring. The forked head of the wooden plug, covered with match compound comes into contact with the match head igniting it. This burns with a fierce flame for a few seconds, long enough to light the fuses protruded from the two tubes of explosive, which appears to be nitro-starch".
"No specific use for the trap has been discovered of thought of by the personnel who have seen it. Except that it might be left on a desk top or some similar place. It appears to have a functioning time of about 30 hours. Caution if Crush Screw is Turned Out, the Trap Will Fire Immediately".
Information source - Mr. Rick Stauber.
http://uxoinfo.com/uxoinfo/newsletters/84Apr_2008.htm
Historical UXO News
WWII Era German Chemical Delay Booby Trap
A UXOInfo.com reader doing research at the National Archives came across an interesting sketch from WWII of a German Chemical Delay Booby Trap Firing Mechanism. A copy of the hand drawn sketch drawn initially in color pencil is shown below along with the typed and hand written text that was included with the sketch. No other information was provided on the item. The one page now-declassified document from the National Archives appears to be part of an intelligence report on German Booby Traps.
"No specific use for the trap has been discovered of thought of by the personnel who have seen it. Except that it might be left on a desk top or some similar place. It appears to have a functioning time of about 30 hours. Caution if Crush Screw is Turned Out, the Trap Will Fire Immediately".
Information source - Mr. Rick Stauber.