Panzer stab 43
The Panzer-Stabmine 43 was a German anti-tank mine, together with the Hohl-Sprung mine 4672 it was the first mine to combine a shaped charge warhead with a tilt-rod fuze. The mine was developed during the Second World War. The mine consisted of a wine glass shaped metal main body mounted on a wooden post, with a tilt rod holding arm projecting to one side. It used a 125 mm diameter warhead with 1.6 kg of explosive, and a combination pressure/tilt fuze.
At a stand-off distance of about half a meter the main charge could penetrate up to 100 millimeter of armour. Testing conducted by the German army indicated that the mine stood a 65 to 68 percent chance of knocking out a tank.
The mine entered service in 1943, and around 25,000 were produced before production was terminated in late 1943 or early 1944 due to "jealousies within Army departments".[1]
Specifications
- Height of mine body (excluding wooden post): 0.35 m
- Weight: 3 kg approx
- Explosive content: 0.8 kg
References
- List of German Second World War land mines at lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
- Инженерные боеприпасы
- ^ Mike Croll (1998). The History of Landmines. Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-628-0.
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Mines of Nazi Germany during World War II
- B-Stabmine
- Hohl-Sprung mine 4672
- Holzmine 42
- Panzer stab 43
- Pappmine
- Riegel mine 43 / 44
- Tellermine 29
- Tellermine 35
- Tellermine 42
- Tellermine 43
- Topfmine
- Behelfs-Schützenmine S.150
- Behelfs-Schützenmine A.200
- Behelfsmine W-1
- Glasmine 43
- S-Mine 35
- Schu-mine 42
- Stock mine
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