A note regarding WWII German Tellermine firing load, from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 36, October 21, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

FIRING LOAD, TELLERMINE NO. 2 Recent British tests show that the shear-pin of the spring-loaded striker of this mine (see Tactical and Technical Trends No. 28, p. 17) shears under a dead load of approximately 400 pounds. Allowing for an impact factor of 20 per cent of the dead load, a live load of 320 pounds would be required to fire the mine.

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