German "Tellermine" Anti-Tank Mine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: German Model 43, metal case, small metal carrying handle, marked T.Mi.PH7.43 T. Mi Z42.13A.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The standard anti-tank mine used by the Germans in world War II was called the "Tellermine." It was loaded with one pound of TNT. It was a large, flattened, circular, plate-shaped mine with a carrying handle on one side. It featured a pull igniter for special use, but was more commonly ignited with a centrally mounted detonator charge screwed into the base charge. It took 350 pounds to set off this mine, which could rip the tracks off any tank.
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany
label: associated place
content: Germany
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.78553M
label: catalog number
content: 78553M
label: accession number
content: 308845
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mine
label: Other Terms
content: mine; Ammunition, Artillery; Antitank
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 15 in x 12 in; 10.16 cm x 38.1 cm x 30.48 cm