ID of Pioneer Weapons

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AlifRafikKhan
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ID of Pioneer Weapons

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Post by AlifRafikKhan » 12 Jun 2014, 20:54

Generalleutnant Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Meise as General der Pioniere, Heeresgruppe B, with Generalfeldmarschall Rommel.
Can someone ID the weapons on the table please? Thank you in advance...

Source: http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRM ... LHELM.html
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Generalleutnant Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Meise as General der Pioniere, Heeresgruppe B, with Generalfeldmarschall Rommel..jpg

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Re: ID of Pioneer Weapons

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Post by StefanSiverud » 13 Jun 2014, 02:25

It appears to be an assortment of mines, ordered from back to front:
Glasmine 43
Probably Schützenmine 400 gram
Some type of Stockmine
Schützenmine 42
Three S-Mine 35 and one igniter
Elektrisches S-Minenzünder 40 kit, used to to ignite the S-Mine. The "spikes" are triggers, connected in a chain to the mine, making the trigger area larger. This works with the S-Mine as it's at least as effective a few metres away, but would not be effective for most other AP mines.


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Re: ID of Pioneer Weapons

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Post by AlifRafikKhan » 13 Jun 2014, 05:12

SUPERB! Thank you very much Stefan! :thumbsup:

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Re: ID of Pioneer Weapons

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Post by StefanSiverud » 13 Jun 2014, 22:32

You're very welcome! I'm happy you posted it, as I can't remember seeing any period photos of the Elektrisches S-Minenzünder 40 before.

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