ww2 german smi.35 mine

[lianshangzheng]

Bought from murmansk Russian.
Someone found it in the forest.
Made by Fritz Weber Co.Metallwaren-und Laternenfabrik,Berlin 1938.

[MAP]

Nice!!! But nasty piece of hardware

[WWII Buff]

That is a nice example with a great waffenamt. Congratulations!

[Panzerschreck]

Very nice pieces. I remember hearing a story from a ww2 veteran about a platoon of British soldiers who unknowingly wandered into woodland rigged with these nasty little blighters. Now, as you may know, the Germans used to string these together in large chains, the idea being that if one poor sod sets one off, a couple dozen of these fly out of the ground and kill anyone else nearby. Anyway, this Tommy is just patrolling these woods with his platoon, minding his own business, and he feels something knock the butt plate of his slung rifle. He looks down, and gets the shock of his life when he sees this S. mine just lying there, having hit the butt plate of his rifle, failed to reach detonation height, and hence failed to explode. Having been linked to others in the fashion I've described, that rifle butt could well have saved the lives of the entire platoon. I expect the guy went and bought a lottery ticket after that one...

[guns ltd]

Nice S. Mine.

[lebus12]

Very nice, many in Alsace, Colmar pocket.