The M1936 is a French

France

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 light anti-tank mine

Anti-tank mine

An anti-tank mine, , is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles....

 used during the Second World War. The mine was captured in large numbers by the German army after the Fall of France, and was later used in North Africa

North Africa

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 and Italy

Italy

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. The mine consists of a base plate on top of which is a rectangular steel box containing an explosive charge. On top of the container are two M1935 or M1936 pressure fuzes. A pressure cover is fixed on top of the container by wires attached at either end of the container. Two pressure bars are welded to the inside of the pressure cover, each one is directly over a fuze—however, each bar has a recess preventing it from pressing on the pressure fuze, until a safety bar is inserted. The safety bar covers the recesses allowing the pressure cover to bear down directly on the pressure fuzes.

The base plate of the mine has four holes for hold down bolts when used in a fixed position.

Specifications

• Length: 9.5 inches
• Width: 5.5 inches
• Weight: 14.5 lb
  Pound (mass)
  The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...
  
   (6.6 kg)
• Explosive content: 5¾ lb (2.6 kg) of TNT
• Operating pressure: 300 to 500 lbf
  Pound-force
  The pound force is a unit of force in some systems of measurement including English engineering units and British gravitational units.- Definitions :...
  
   (1.3 to 2.2 kN