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The German Behelfs-Schutzenmine S. 150, known to allied troops in the field as the “Pot Mine,” “Picric Pot,” “Mustard Pot,” or “Jerry Mine,” consists of a cylindrical body, a top plate, and a crush igniter.<\/p>\n

The body, which is made of pressed steel, contains a 5 1\/4 oz. explosive charge of powdered picric acid. A chemical crush-actuated igniter is screwed into the mine by means of a brass or plastic adapter which fits into the top of the body. A synthetic rubber washer is provided between igniter and adapter for waterproofing the mine. The igniter, known as the German Buck Igniter (Chemischer Zünder Buck) consists of a thin metal drum with circumferential grooves to reduce its resistance against vertical pressure. It contains a glass ampule half filled with acid and surrounded by a white powdered flash composition. A small brass detonator (German Nr. 8) is inserted into the detonator pocket.<\/p>\n

A moderate pressure on the top of the igniter crushes the metal drum and the glass inside it. The acid pours into the white powder, and a flash resulting from their chemical interaction sets off the detonator which in turn sets off the mine.<\/p>\n

SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Height of body \t\t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	2 ins.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diameter of body \t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	2 1\/2 ins.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diameter of top plate \t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	3 ins.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height of igniter \t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	1 1\/2 ins.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diameter of igniter \t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	3\/4 in.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Depth of detonator pocket \t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	1 1\/2 ins.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total weight \t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	12 1\/2 ozs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight of igniter with adapter \t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	1 oz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Explosive charge \t\t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	Powered picric acid (5 1\/4 oz. approx.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Color \t\t<\/td>\n	<\/TD><\/p>\n	Mustard brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n German: p. 304.7<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The German Behelfs-Schutzenmine S. 150, known to allied troops in the field as the “Pot Mine,” “Picric Pot,” “Mustard Pot,” or “Jerry Mine,” consists of a cylindrical body, a top plate, and a crush igniter. The body, which is made of pressed steel, contains a 5 1\/4 oz. explosive charge of powdered picric acid. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[87,204,361],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-german","tag-antipersonnel-mine","tag-german","tag-mine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonesentry.com\/ordnance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}