M1 (chemical mine)

The M1 is a US chemical land mine . It was developed in 1939 and basically consists of a metal 1 gallon (4.5 liter) gasoline canister filled with mustard gas . For detonation, the canister is either wrapped with detonating cord and this z. B. connected to a detonator or a normal mine detonator attached directly to the top or a detonator on the side of the canister. The canister has the shape of an upright cuboid and is light gray in color. At the middle level there are two circumferential broad lines of pale green color. The canister is labeled HD-GAS above the lines . The color of the font corresponds to the color of the surrounding lines. On the back of the canister, two longer pieces of wire are soldered horizontally in order to attach the detonating cord or similar. to facilitate. There is a handle on the top of the canister and a screw cap in one corner. The mines could be used above ground or buried up to 100 millimeters. The time required for manually deploying the mines is 3-5 minutes per mine. When creating mine barriers, one counts with one M1 mine per 100 m². A chemical warfare officer and / or appropriate engineer should be consulted when using the mines .

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