Type VI Mine (DE)

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The existence of a German Type VI Mine was known to the British, but they lacked any firm idea of its particulars when they compiled a report in 1917 on German weapons.[1]

Type VI Mine[2]
Casing 0.2 in. welded steel
Trigger no horns, inertial trigger[3]
Weight ?
Charge ?
Primer unknown
Detonator 90 gr. fulminate of mercury
Buoyancy ?
Height ?
Diameter ?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Navy: Part IV, Section 3. Torpedoes, Mines, Etc.. pp. 18-26, Plates 28, 34a, 37.
  2. ↑ German Navy: Part IV, Section 3. Torpedoes, Mines, Etc.. pp. 19-20.
  3. ↑ Some Russian sources felt that contact horns were sometimes used in combination with inertial firing.

Bibliography

  • Admiralty (July, 1917). German Navy: Part IV, Section 3. Torpedoes, Mines, Etc. (C.B. 1182) The National Archives. ADM 186/228.

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