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following file contains information of harmful or illegal
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intended to educate only.
This file contains information on making
a replica of a German
WWII mine known as a pepper pot. This mine was not intended to kill the
enemy but wound him by blowing off his foot. The Germans made these in great
quantity
and put them to good use. The mine was made out of glass and plastic
with very little metal
and was hard to find with a mine detector. If you
desire to make these mines you could use PVC
for the casing or metal if you
don’t care about them being detected. The mine will be
presented in two parts
the mine fuze and the mine body.
I do not advocate hurting
anybody but if there is a time and circumstances
for it you will have the knowledge.
sulfuric acid and a
potassium chlorate mixture to cause instantaneous deton-
ation. To begin, obtain some soft
glass tubing with an I.D. of 1/8". Fuse
one end shut with a propane flame. This is done
by holding one end of the
tube higher than the other end and rotating this end in the flame
until it is
sealed. Let the glass cool down. Now using an eyedropper fill the tube about
off the
excess glass tube. Fuse this end of the ampoule so you are sure it
can’t leak acid as this
will be fatal. Wrap up the ampoule in tissue paper
for a day or two to check for acid leaks.
Any leaks will eat the paper.
Get a soft brass or copper tube about 2" long and 1/2"
I.D. Find a soft steel
bolt and drill a 3/16" hole through the center of the bolt. This
will be the
threaded flash tube. If you have to cut the length of the bolt down, put a
nut onto the bolt first. Cut the bolt then turn the nut off. This will help
keep the threads
clean. File the head of the bolt to fit inside the copper
tube and solder the bolt into the
tube.
Put 5 gms. of Potassium Chlorate and 2 gms. of Sugar in the least amount of
hot
water to make a paste. This will be enough for two or three fuzes. Coat
the inside of the
copper tube with this paste and let a little small amount
get into the flash tube. Set the
fuze aside for a couple of days to dry.
Insert the acid ampoule into the fuze and fashion a
cover from a piece of
brass sheet. This cover is then epoxied onto the fuze to seal it. Seal
the
open end of the flash tube with masking tape or similar but don’t foul up
the
threads. The fuze is done. You can test it by putting on a pair of heavy
boots and stepping
onto the copper tube and crushing it. It should flare up
and shoot a flame out of the flash
tube.
Mine Body: By now you should have decided whether to use a plastic or metal
body for the mine. This body should be about 2" in Dia. and 3" high. Seal the
bottom
of the mine and fashion a cover to seal the top. Drill a hole through
the center of the cover
and epoxy a nut that matches the flash tube over the
hole. If you are using a PVC cover, check
that the epoxy holds the nut onto
the cover. You may have to use a PVC adhesive.
Make up
an explosive consisting of 90% fine ground Potassium Chlorate and 10%
Paraffin wax. Grind up
the chlorate with a wooden stick on a slab of wood to
avoid all sparks and shock. Melt the wax
and pour it on the chlorate. Mix it
in while it is still hot. Add a little ethyl alcohol to
the mix to help the
wax spread through the chlorate and mix again. While it is still damp
from
the alcohol, load the mine body with about 2 oz. of explosive. Do not press
the
explosive in to firmly as ot may not detonate if packed too dense.
Push a 3/8" dowel
through the center of the explosive to make room for the
detonator.
The detonator is
made by taking a 3/8" brass tube and sealing one end with
epoxy. 2 gms. of mercury
fulminate is then pressed into the tube in 1/4 gm.
increments. If you do not know how to make
fulminate, look for my file on
detonators on the HotLine.
When the mine is to be used,
dig a hole in the ground the same height as the
mine with the fuze installed. Put the
detonator into the mine and screw the
fuze into the mine body. Put the mine into the hole and
carefully cover it
up with dirt. The fuze should just be below the ground about 1/4".
setting it off which
in turn detonates the chlorate filling.
If you do not want to use a detonator, use an
explosive filling of 75% Pota-
ssium Chlorate and 25% Sugar. The flame coming through the
flash tube will
cause this filling to explode. The explosion will not be as great as the
chlorate/wax explosion but it will still cause damage.
*** Kilroy
was here ***
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