Stock mine

{{Short description|Munitions}} thumb|280px|Stockmine M43 {{No footnotes|date=November 2022}} The ''Stockmine'' ("stick mine"), also ''Betonmine'' ("concrete mine"), was a German anti-personnel stake mine used during the Second World War. It consisted of a cylindrical concrete main body on top of a short wooden stake. The concrete head contained a small TNT bursting charge, and was embedded with metal fragments. A fuze is fitted to a central fuze well on the top of the mine. It could be used with a range of fuzes including the ZZ 35, ZZ 42 and ZU ZZ 35 that would trigger on either a tripwire pull or release.

Copies of the mine were produced after the war by different countries including the Cuban '''PMFC-1''', the Czechoslovak '''PP-Mi-Sb''', and the Yugoslavian '''PMR-2''' which is found in Bosnia and Croatia.

==Specifications== {|class=wikitable ! || Stock Mine || PMFC-1 || PMR-2 || PP Mi-Sb |- ! Height <br> (excluding stake) |{{convert|165|mm|in|abbr=on}}||{{convert|150|mm|in|abbr=on}}||{{convert|180|mm|in|abbr=on}} (approx)||{{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}} |- ! Diameter |{{convert|70|mm|in|abbr=on}}||{{convert|75|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}||{{convert|80|mm|in|abbr=on}}||{{convert|75|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} |- ! Weight |{{convert|2|kg|lboz|abbr=on}}||{{convert|2|kg|lboz|abbr=on}}||{{convert|2.2|kg|lboz|abbr=on}}||{{convert|2.1|kg|lboz|abbr=on}} |- ! Explosive content |{{convert|100|g|lboz|abbr=on}}||{{convert|75|g|oz|abbr=on}} of TNT||{{convert|75|g|oz|abbr=on}} of TNT|| {{convert|75|g|oz|abbr=on}} of TNT |- ! Operating pressure |various||{{convert|1-15|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}||{{convert|3|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} pull ||{{convert|1-15|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} pull |}

==External links== * {{ORDATA|1120|PP-Mi-Sb}} * {{ORDATA|5875|PMFC-1}}

==References== * ''Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-Personnel Landmines'', Eddie Banks * ''Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006''

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