Hi,
the germans developed their own anti-personnel mine, the Schrappnelmine 35 (S.Mi.35), known to the allies as the "Bouncing-Betty" on account of its hability to "jump" and explode about 70cm to 1,5m above the ground. Fritz Hahn refered to this mine as well as to other variants unknown to me such as the "Stolperdrathmine", the "schleudermine" and the "Fussschlingenmine".
In Günther Nagel`s excellent book, "Himmlers Waffenforscher", page 241, we can find the drawing depicted under this post. It was a project of the "Technischen SS-und-Polizeiakademie" in Brünn, present day Brno, Czech Republic. It was a brainchild of Prof.Dr. Helmuth Gerloff and was to be launched by a crude 15kg frame structure up to 1500m using its rocket motor. It would explode 1 to 2 meters above ground.
the germans developed their own anti-personnel mine, the Schrappnelmine 35 (S.Mi.35), known to the allies as the "Bouncing-Betty" on account of its hability to "jump" and explode about 70cm to 1,5m above the ground. Fritz Hahn refered to this mine as well as to other variants unknown to me such as the "Stolperdrathmine", the "schleudermine" and the "Fussschlingenmine".
In Günther Nagel`s excellent book, "Himmlers Waffenforscher", page 241, we can find the drawing depicted under this post. It was a project of the "Technischen SS-und-Polizeiakademie" in Brünn, present day Brno, Czech Republic. It was a brainchild of Prof.Dr. Helmuth Gerloff and was to be launched by a crude 15kg frame structure up to 1500m using its rocket motor. It would explode 1 to 2 meters above ground.
