S-mine 35: The Bouncing Betty

[@TK421-53]

Don’t mind the negative comments, thanks for sharing. Always fascinating to look at the inner workings of weapons.

[@robertrobinson3788]

I want a Glass mine.😅😅

[@davidtatum8682]

Narration brought to you by Xanax.

[@ultimatechamp6909]

@Adam Halsey Or the Bill Cosby Cocktail 😂😂😂😂😁.. there actually is one too 😂☠️

[@kwinchronic8953]

Lmfao!

[@calutron008]

I'm on Serepax Oxazepam 30 mg right now as i right this is that just a coincidence!!!! Kinda sounds as if he dropped 4 2 mg or 4 3 mg alprazolam xanax tablets lol on yah man smile. Seres make me feel good just the way big pharma should.

[@Stray03]

Nah my calmness is all natural unless I'm in a car dealing with shit drivers, then I should take something.

[@anthonygiarrusso4312]

@@Stray03 lmao same fuck shit drivers

[@christiandietz6341]

This mine is in surprisingly good condi....BOOM!!🤣

[@ultimatechamp6909]

💀💀💀 That would have been epic

[@dntlss]

By the time these come to market they have thoroughly been combed over, that is of course unless you happen to live in the wild in Russia and have a metal detector, thats where all these come from. After all the years in the ground being hard packed the explosive charge in the middle resembles one of those cans of instant juice you keep frozen in your refrigerator, a few years ago there was a video on youtube of some guys in Russia disarming these things and they put that solid hunk of TNT out of one of these in the 'Y' of this big tree and detonated it, it was impressive to say the least.

[@FPS_Wingo]

Just got two S-mines which came shipped unassembled and you’re video made it 10x easier to put back together 👍🏻

[@dks13827]

from where ?

[@jshicke]

This mine worked so well, the U.S. military copied it. Now called the M-16 bounding mine in U.S. inventory.

[@Stray03]

Yeah Ive been looking for a fuze from one of those actually.

[@goldenscrool]

I have a question is this the same kind of mine that blew up in ghost face in mw2, the mine that jump in people face and blow up sending srhapnel evrywhere

[@Stray03]

@@goldenscrool according to imfdb the only bounding mine in mw2 is a fictional mine that is a bounding mine.

[@wolfsmith2865]

@@Stray03 which fuze specifically? I may be able to help. I have a shadow box full of mine, igniter and booby trap fuzes going back to WW2, US, Soviet and German types.

[@Stray03]

@@wolfsmith2865 always looking for fuzes send a pic to [e-mail]. and we can go from there. Thanks.

[@UZI9MMAUTO]

That waxy crap is Cosmoline. Even Russia uses that stuff. Great stuff for iron/steel stored items.

[@chriscontact5857]

Yes, and I think due to great visionaries like Al Gore and Obama, it may be illegal in the US to make or emport.

[@larrygoerke9081]

Hi Sputnik. I agree. 'Just commented in synch Brother, before reading down to here. на здоро́вье CHEERS

[@Ekatjam]

it was invented as a pharmaceutical product in the 1800's. People used it on their skin.

[@larrygoerke9081]

Interesting. Pretty "strong" for that. But then, folks were slathering themselves in bear grease & stuff, so ...

[@duncanmcgee13]

@@Ekatjam we still use petroleum jelly in some lip balms

[@drxym]

We need more unboxing vids for potentially deadly ordinances.

[@robertrobinson3788]

It a S-mine but we called it the bouncing Betty because if you stepped on it it would jump in the air when it Exploded.😍

[@dominicpresley7196]

The waxy substance you referred to in the beginning of the video is called Cosmlean (probably spelt that wrong) it’s an oil based coating that is applied to a lot of surplus items to prevent rust from forming while it’s sitting in storage.

[@scotty5340]

Cosmolene

[@stevenholladay6421]

Looks like a Walmart oil filter

[@patrickreilly2338]

But better quality

[@mickd6942]

Very informative pay no attention to the critics, it’s not everyday you get to see something like this and beats the hell out of a diagram

[@marlonparsons634]

That's a real cool peace of history man

[@luckygunner3484]

Marlon Parsons piece

[@ultimatechamp6909]

@@luckygunner3484 piss

[@billygowhoop]

Jesus I never realized this thing had so many steel balls inside. That thing really is a nightmare.

[@Stray03]

Definitely wouldn't be fun to be anywhere near.

[@dntlss]

When you hold one in real life you're surprised how freaking heavy they are, almost like holding a small watermelon with one hand,lol

[@dave623]

If you can't talk, son, just key your handset twice. Over.

[@paulsecon4889]

Dave 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 “Just give us those grids son we’ll get ya outta there!!” “ SHIT!!”

[@rkempson1177]

@@jeffgraham436 This guy and Unabomber are prolly related in some way or another

[@kevinburks110]

Dave that was Dale Dye "Captain Harris" Platoon! Greatest movie ever made!

[@Stray03]

@@jeffgraham436 very few things.

[@theshocker4626]

Dale Dye...super cool

[@oneer8435]

Ball busters, toe poppers. Every man on patrol nightmare. I've set a few in my day.

[@OngoGablogian185]

Your day on COD.

[@hexus9198]

Idk why, but enjoying the sound of those ball bearings.

[@PhillusionYT]

Thank you so much for posting this. I'm going to be creating a 3D model of a concept version with every bit modeled, and this really helped me understand how it works.

[@c-4857]

It is extremely useful and informative! I've sorted out two such things, according to the events of 1944, in Russia. They have a powder retarder damped by them, so when they are disassembled they are already safe.

[@Stray03]

Thanks for watching. Yeah it makes the clean up easier, but caused problems when they were set since they had issues with humidity.

[@travisyayes6343]

Bueller.............Bueller............Bueller

[@jcacustoms]

Lmfaoo..... bwahhh you nailed it 100%

[@cannonball666]

I call BS on the 4 second delay. Whenever a Nazi zombie steps on my Bouncing Betty it goes off immediately.

[@kirknay]

COD /= IRL noob. A 4 second delay is optimal for shrapnel spread, as it will be about head height (perfect for shredding a terrified squad of soldiers who just saw the ground explode)

[@farbeyondsane2529]

kirknay its a joke bruh

[@alphacentary]

The waxy substance you are noticing is likely cosmoline. It is a preservative.

[@TheGearhead222]

Great video! Supposedly , Allied soldiers feared these the most out of all Axis land weapons, and I believe it!-John in Texas

[@Stray03]

I dont know if they were the most feared but it makes alot of sense that they would be afraid of that. Even if you didn't run into them often just the thought of them being around would put you on edge.

[@slc308]

That “waxy substance” is cosmoline

[@larrygoerke9081]

The "waxy substance" you describe (at ~ 1:00-1:10) may be (or similar to) what we called in the Navy "Cosmoline" (see, e.g., en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmoline), used to deter damage, degradation, etc. related to humidity, oxidation, and contamination over time in relatively long term storage. CHEERS

[@robertrobinson3788]

I bought one Frome a guy who did not know what it was I thought it went on a radio.

[@Stray03]

Nice. Lol. Whole thing or just the fuze?

[@dannyksmith304]

Thanks for sharing! My dad had a friend die from one of these, WW2, it almost cut him in half according to my dad.

[@Stray03]

Definitely must have sucked to be there when someone stepped on one.

[@deplorabledave1048]

PERFECT for our Southern border. I'll take four million.

[@bojidarvasilev8854]

😂😂

[@normfreilinger5655]

Along the Mason-Dixon Line

[@randomrando8350]

Make Mexico build them.

[@axelmilan4292]

A brutal (but effective) solution

[@justinpreston8461]

I have always been curious as to the internal operations of mines,i would like to see a video on a phosphorus mine.

[@jeremyspreston8723]

A blue print would be spectacular or diagram

[@antb1617]

Damn dude.,u gotta speed up the talking process

[@Stray03]

Not everyone watching is a native english speaker. If you need it faster use what youtube built in the 1.5x speed.

[@antb1617]

@@Stray03 10-4 that'$ good advice but people who cant keep up can use close caption and pause where they dont 'comprende'

[@antb1617]

Im just trying 2 shave video time down to where people with short attention spans like me will be able to watch it cuz I'm interested in stuff like that

[@Stray03]

The best I can do for you is as I said which is the 1.5x. There is too much material to go over for shorter videos. KZbin caters to short attention spans and unfortunately alot of people reduce the technical details on how things work just to keep it shorter. Enough videos out there doing that. Mine provide more detail on things people dont usually find info on. Sure it doesnt make everyone want to sub but it does get the info to people who want to take the time to learn about the stuff.

[@gibbyrockerhunter]

Jesus, go play a damn video game if you don’t want to shut up and learn something.

[@salaciouscreations4323]

Cats do not shit on this guys lawn

[@egads2]

A credit to German engineering. They also constructed well-made ovens. I would imagine that ATF&E is a subsriber.

[@ThomasGabrielsen]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting video and very informative. Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to human's creativity when it comes to create bombs and devices that are design to kill or at hurt soldiers and civilians in the most disgraceful way.

[@1959rossco]

Would liked to have watched but i fell asleep listening to your sleepy narration

[@ZeroMass]

The biggest critics never upload any content..

[@1959rossco]

@@ZeroMasscorrect

[@JaredB47]

I have to agree sadly. This video could've been extremely interesting but I'm actually sitting in bed rn and almost fell asleep once lol

[@darkshadowsx5949]

pretty simple design really. cool to see one taken apart.

[@anewmessage6669]

just lay down when it goes in the air, lol noobs

[@thedeadlinger6992]

Bitch, you are too smart for this world, go take a breath in space!

[@whatsup7202]

Uh, the ball bearings don't just go sideways, though they primarily do. Plus, you've got 4-seconds to lay down... the mine doesn't tell you that you stepped on it.

[@ZANGETSUxPR]

You noobs thats a call of duty reference lol, no need to get al serious.

[@charleswalter2902]

There's a troll born every second, & they're all as stupid as you.

[@johnnyfewhairs1862]

you actually thought he was serious 😂

[@kuhrti1]

if you speed the video up to 1.25 times its original speed you can actually listen to it...…………..

[@Stray03]

Ive been telling people that, no one listens.

[@jimgregory6185]

Great share. Thanks!!!

[@markcantemail8018]

Stray03 I enjoy Mine exploration videos . Thank you for taking it apart for us .

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

He's talking softly so the FBI won't hear him.

[@robertlee8400]

This is one of the nastiest mines ever made . I use to play paintball & a friend of mind made some bouncing betty homemade mines using 3 co2 cartage’s & they worked great they jumped up like 3 feet & would spray balls very hard everywhere . I got toasted by one had pink paint all over me , he bought regular mines you just set in the ground too steped on one of thos too it blew paint up the back of my shirt once I stepped off of it we had RPGs paintball guns that would spray a paintball grenade out of it a few guys on are team had Rainmakers it was like a Gatling gun just nasty . We use to play on my friends land it was huge it had a old apartment complex on it & a lot of woods . We play over a course of the weekend a full 72 hours around the clock if you got killed once you were out for the rest of the weekend & had to ref the rest of the game we all took turns there was like 300 people that would play a from around the country . Some times it would get scary just like a real war .

[@edwardschmitt5710]

"just like a real war"

[@henerymag]

We trained how to find and disarm these at Fort Leonard Wood in 1967. Don't know about the Germans but the VC would also have it booby trapped underneath so you had to be real careful.

[@Stray03]

Yeah I know that the "civilized countries" didnt add AH devices to ap mines, although anti tank was good to go. Would suck to have to deal with that under stress.

[@henerymag]

@@Stray03 Never had too but yeah that would spike the stress level.

[@henerymag]

@Puckman637 Agreed non are nice. They stay there long after a conflict has gone just waiting for some poor person to step on it.

[@TheGorillafoot]

That mind is so clever it's evil. Can't even imagine the pain that thing offers it's victims.

[@theodorebear6714]

It doesn't give pain. Just death.

[@ultimatechamp6909]

What pain LOL? That shit obliterates does not cause pain 💀💀💀💀

[@grahamlopez6202]

So here's my plan. Step1: step on mine. Step2: count 3 seconds Step3: with one second left, wack it as hard as I can with a ball bat Step4: pray it's a home run.

[@ZeroMass]

Darwin has returned from the dead, please contact him to obtain your award : )

[@grahamlopez6202]

@@ZeroMass do you have a better plan for surviving having stepped on one of these? Because I've had several people test it with a racquet to no avail

[@ZeroMass]

@Graham lol I have no intention of ever stepping on one.. Though if I had the foresight to carry a "racquet" with the anticipation of one of these, id go with the metal detector for a few $ more ; )

[@wolfsmith2865]

I own 3 Sprengminen. One of my favorite AP mines. Each one has a different fuzing. I need three more to fill the carry case I received last year. Good video!

[@Stray03]

Nice. Some of those guys in russia and eastern europe make me jealous sometimes. They find them in their carry cases. Full case. They end up removing the fun stuff themselves.

[@wolfsmith2865]

@@Stray03 I get some stuff from those guys. One fellow posts photos of his finds regularly. It's amazing to see what has been left laying around over there. I have been thinking of starting a channel featuring stuff from my inert ordnance collection here.

[@wolfsmith2865]

@Overwhelmingly The German S-mine (Schrapnellmine, Sprengmine or Splittermine in German), also known as the "Bouncing Betty", is the best-known version of a class of mines known as bouncing mines. When triggered, these

[@daveygivens735]

The narration made me want to step on one of these.

[@Stray03]

Make sure you have someone catch it on slow mo for the rest of us to see.

[@daveygivens735]

@@Stray03 It won't even need explosives like this one and it will be more exciting.

[@Stray03]

Go for it. Link the video.

[@Cheezwizzz]

Quite a relaxing video, got a serious ASMR vibe to it!

[@Strike_Raid]

Looks expensive to make considering how many of them would be needed.

[@visionist7]

Built by polish slaves mostly

[@stevend4544]

@@visionist7 was it common for slaves to sabotage things like mines and ammo

[@visionist7]

@@stevend4544 it was common, but punishments were brutal. A whole shift might be randomly selected for hanging if the culprit wasn't found. Pro tip: don't have slaves build V2 rocket parts

[@stevend4544]

@@visionist7 damn but it's cool to see people would rather die in defiance then kneel but jezz hahaha thanks I be sure to higher some "endentured servants" instead for my rocket building needs Haha

[@visionist7]

@@stevend4544 Polish are very defiant ;-)

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Awesome to see one taken apart. I bet it had an interesting time going through customs at some point, lol.

[@Stray03]

Lol I bet. They probably took it all apart though. Atleast I would.

[@markkenowski1779]

The horror of realization for the 5th guy in back when that popped out of the ground .

[@RedmanSlapz]

i find it funny how the germans tried to outlaw the shotgun trench gun but diddnt mention the s mine was a barrell-less shotgun trench gun...

[@DessieTots]

FFS WAKE UP AND CLEAR YOUR THROAT.

[@Portuguese-linguica]

No need to be a ass hole

[@AdammP]

Jeez. That must have been absolutely devastating, especially blowing up right infront of your genital area 😬😬 imagine the fear that put in people not knowing if the next step was gonna blow your wilf off. Those ball bearings are not joking around !

[@dntlss]

Some quarterbacks try to downplay these things,pardon my french but these things didn't fuck around "oh it would just get the guy that set it off" etc,nope,got a lot of people at one time, yeah those ball bearing are no joke,the other issue is that lid on top,that lid is very heavy and solid and no telling what it decided to do in that big explosion, just another headache to contend with. The guy that was 30 feet away might have not gotten his privates blown up but how would you like to have a ball bearing in your arm or face?

[@Stray03]

Yeah these are definitely not the AP mines designed to injure the person activating it. It is basically a victim activated 360 degree claymore with bigger ballbearings. Anyone near it is not going to be a happy person. 360 degrees of buckshot basically.

[@LeeRaldar]

These mines were bad for moral during WW2, designed to mutilate rather than kill, allied soldiers hated them because they detonated at about the same height off the ground as the average standing man's nutsack. It is likely that they deprived a lot of men of fatherhood after the war. In the book Monte Casino, ten armies in hell the author writes 'The dreaded S-mine was even more frightening, about the size of a tin can and called the Bouncing Betty by the Americans (more accurately called the 'de-bollocker' by the British'.) and then goes on to describe them in use.

[@Stray03]

Apparently the french were the first to run into them. Betting that was a surprise.

[@LeeRaldar]

@@Stray03 Yes a very unpleasant surprise. I remember reading somewhere that when deployed that the pressure prongs could be (trip) wired together in such a way as to produce a chain reaction with several mines detonating in sequence. That would certainly be a surprise that nobody would want a repeat of. It is an interesting piece of history that you have there.

[@justinhealey2408]

I always wondered about the guts to one of those things..great video for a new History Channel! Your hired!

[@Stray03]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@stonefree1911]

Caffeine. Try it.

[@Jtoob-z5n]

Most soothing video on KZbin 🥱

[@colinkelly5420]

Voice sounds fine to me. Thanks for the explanation.

[@alfredenisz4775]

This is about as much fun as watching paint dry

[@Stray03]

Was it supposed to be fun? Im showing you how something works, not here for "fun".

[@alfredenisz4775]

@@Stray03 This was a great way to blow someone's balls off.

[@brinsonharris9816]

Alfred Enisz Return unused portion to your grocer for a full refund.

[@sarbaazchabahar]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing👍✌️

[@Stray03]

Glad you liked it

[@veuzou]

we were using a copy of this in France too, it was called MI-AP-MB-51

[@Stray03]

Interesting looks like a copy of the smine 44 with the pull wire detonating the mine once it jumped up. Thanks for showing me that mine.

[@josephburke7224]

Not sure on this model, but they can be rigged by trip wire. Just a slight tip of the mast, or on some a pin pulled out. Thus they may be set on a path or strung together to set off a wall of pellets. Nastiest of them all.

[@Stray03]

Germans had pull fuzes that worked with them so you could set up a couple of trip wires. They also had an electric fuze that once stepped on would set off a few mines in the area.

[@Big_John_C]

Damn, speak up and stop mumbling

[@kilianbarry1]

nearly fell asleep

[@robertrobinson3788]

I was told it was only meant to wound not kill wounding someone ties up several people that was it's intention.

[@Stray03]

Most anti personnel mines that is the case. One injured and in pain and the rest around them being demoralized. The s mine was basically a kill anything in the area mine. One sets it off and it kills him and his buddies. Waist height with what amounts to steel high speed buckshot. It would wound some and kill others.

[@deadpoollee9497]

Your voice an that S Mine I dont which is more dangerous

[@Stray03]

The voice unless the mine falls out of a window as you are walking by. Under it.

[@dungeonrat]

When zi was in the army (back when dinosaurs roamed the world), I saw a variation of this mine that was set off by trip wire. Nasty!

[@dhirendramaharaj9407]

Michael Schroeder you witnessed soldiers getting shredded during the War ?

[@robertdunkes8519]

I have learned by looking rhrough the comments that the waxy stuff is cosmoline. Just lettng this section of the comments section know. Your going to see tbis said a lot down there.

[@wat8437]

all technical info is in tm 5-325

[@DudeInWalmart]

Since this is so rare could you take some measurements and sketch up a drawing of it? A simple hand drawing is fine. I whould like to replicate one. I have a lathe so it's not a complex piace to make.

[@Stray03]

Not that rare. Just rare in the country I live in. Germans used alot of those things in russia.

[@1959rossco]

I came back and watched and it was quite interesting

[@untruehunter1828]

Great video, this video will serve as an excellent reference for me to make a 3D model of the s-mine, don't mind the negative comments, haters gonna hate.

[@Stray03]

Thanks. Hope your project goes well.

[@gls1934]

These would work great on our border

[@kevinowenburress2435]

this is a classic.. very notorious type of mine, the US used mines similar to them in Asia.

[@Stray03]

M16 is their bounding mine. Interesting mine too.

[@MultiTomtom23]

Great video...nasty little thing...stepping on one of these would surely be your last mistake *0_0*

[@Stray03]

Definitely be surprised thats for sure.

[@MultiTomtom23]

Stray03 lol...yeah but "surpisesation" would maybe hold just 4 seconds....=)

[@heaanlasai866]

*Is this considered nasty?* So leaving anti-personnel mines in someone's back yard makes them dislike you? Perhaps this lesson should be taught to US soldiers? *It would make the lives of allied troops SO MUCH EASIER.*

[@Lycantroph71]

@@Stray03 Hi, I collect mines and fuzes as well and I was wondering what primes do you use in your S Mi 35 and ZZ. 35? I tried 209 primers but they are to big.

[@Stray03]

I think it was a remington #57.

[@Mr.greenthumb]

That waxy substance is probably cosmoline

[@SteamShinobi]

Ngl this voice is therapeutic af considering the subject matter

[@EddieFox]

Beggers belief knowing someone could design that thing knowing what it would do to a victim.

[@JacksCloud]

talking clearly must also trigger this model

[@brianweiss1403]

The wax is water proofing cause the get burried

[@paraguaymike5159]

The model for the M-16 Bouncing Betty antipersonnel mine. Did the Germans also inspire the M-21 antitank mine as well?

[@Stray03]

Not sure but from what I read the fuze uses a belleville spring much like the m14 mine. There is a black powder charge but it is to clear the dirt and top off the mine for the main charge to do its job because of the way it is made it needs to be clear to ensure full penetration.

[@dntlss]

Hey i was wondering,on one of the fuzes for these where would be a good place to find the 2 little ball bearings that hold the plunger,i bought a fuze like yours a few years back that was really corroded and i cleaned it up and all that but i must have misplaced the bearings or it had been monkeyed with before and they were not present when i got it, thank you much for your time, Ive been subscribed for a long time, love your videos man, fellow ordnance man here,love that old stuff!!

[@Stray03]

I have a video on disassembling one, you will see where they are usually found assuming no one else played with them. (in their spot they are supposed to sit since if it isnt opened they cant fall out)

[@dntlss]

@@Stray03 Thank you so much for the reply but i was actually asking where could someone find replacements,sorry i wasn't much clearer, after i asked you that question i ended up buying a kit of metric ball bearings,im confident they will have the bearings i need,they have them from itty bitty ones to real big ones, pretty nice little kit.

[@Stray03]

@@dntlss ah sorry about that. Yeah I'm betting even those cheap hand held toy party favor games at the dollar store where you move it around to get the bearing through a maze would probably fit.

[@dntlss]

@@Stray03 Thanks for the reply, yeah like i was saying i ended up buying a nice little kit that comes with all kinds of ball bearings and i found that 3 mm bearing fit in that hole but if you dont have the plunger spring in there they fall thru and if you try 3.5 mm they dont fit,lol,thats very strange because when it come to mm thats how it works,2/2.5/3/3.5 and so forth, i mean the fuze works great now but i cant just put the little balls in there like you do,i have to have the plunger spring in there to keep them in place, the Germans must have had a bastard size ball bearing in there and the hole has some kind of chamfer so the little balls dont fall thru?

[@Stray03]

@@dntlss they will fall through which is why I keep them sideways. a good trick I learned in my job is to put some petroleum jelly on the bearings so they stick a bit more and won't fall out while trying to install striker. They must have used a special jig to install the stuff easier.

[@chevyvet69]

Wow that was an awesome video Very informative can you do one on the tele mine 43 The mushroom

[@Stray03]

Dont have a tellermine unfortunately. Infact I dont even have the t.mi.z42 or 43 fuzes to show those. Best I can do is a t.mi.z 35 fuze

[@chevyvet69]

That's cool Thanks for getting back with me What about the good old fashion claymore

[@supressorgrid]

Like to pop a paper bag behind him while doing this.

[@Stray03]

May have noticed from the speaking but Im not that nervous...

[@dukecraig2402]

Oh I see, this is a video about land mines, I saw "Bouncing Betty" and I thought it was about my ex-wife.

[@LocSec]

Immediate heart attack in the thumbnail.

[@BunkersBPV]

Very interesting and well explained. I want to make a video about it for my channel and explain how this s mine did its devastating work from the beach. Thanks for this video.

[@Stray03]

Well let me know when you do so I can see it.

[@BunkersBPV]

@@Stray03 I have now put my latest video online explaining the S 35 mine. Unfortunately it is in Dutch but hope you do look at it.

[@Stray03]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll give it a watch when I get in tonight.

[@BunkersBPV]

@@Stray03 Unfortunately I don't own an S 35 but I show it with tin cans and some drawings

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

A bouncing Betty lol. People back in the day gave cute names to dangerous stuff. Even the name “Tank” was supposed sound non threatening as to not alert enemy forces that they are actually building an armored meat grinder.

[@Stray03]

Lol yeah. They wanted the enemy to believe they were making water tanks or something of that nature.

[@looseunit1615]

This would have been more entertaining if this video was made by R Lee Ermey on Mail Call.

[@Stray03]

Probably although it would dumb down the video for people and make a fake explosion that makes people think that hollywood explosions happen.

[@HockeyVictory66]

A devastating german invention. Terrified troops all over the world in WW2.

[@georik627]

I believe that waxy stuff called cosmoline,

[@thehappytexan]

I always find complex items made before plastic and polymers took over much more interesting. So much energy and materials were used for the smallest of things, but that’s just how life was then.

[@Stray03]

Yup and everything was repairable. Now we throw everything out.

[@sharpy155]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@paulmanson253]

Holy crow. The negativity of some of the clowns posting here mystifies me. I did not have a problem with your delivery,content,timing or pacing. I guess free calm content is more than some can take. OK,switch to a NASCAR content channel. Jeez. Interesting item. Never know what will show up.

[@josephastier7421]

Triple redundant fusing. The Germans built everything so damned well.

[@Teddy_Bass]

From that film blown away with Kieth bridges

[@Stray03]

Don't remember if it was that or an M 16 mine. Either way that should've gone off in 4 seconds.

[@TheFrog767]

What a piece of human engineering BOOM .

[@tothemachines7479]

Where did you get your S mine? I'm having a hard time finding a inert one with the internal parts and ball bearings.

[@Stray03]

Right time right place for me met someone who was actually willing to sell it to me. Since then I have seen some complete ones sold on ebay, and people from europe in fb ordnance groups seem to sell them once in a while. I dont know what import laws are for mines here so I dont risk it. Maybe where you come from they have clear rules about it.

[@tothemachines7479]

@@Stray03 I finally found one kept looking but it's well worth it for my collection, talked to a few people from Europe that had complete ones with orginal ball bearing, and found out it's a real pain to get them imported to the U.S. The one I found comes with a certificate of authenticity. I might try to make a mock charge out of wood to complete it. Thank you for replying.

[@Stray03]

@@tothemachines7479 No problem. Glad you found one. Interesting device I would hate to be on the receiving side of.

[@tothemachines7479]

@@Stray03 indeed they are, and I would want to be on the receiving end either.

[@bigdongled3077]

If people had certain knowledge they can get them mines back into working order

[@Stray03]

Yeah. But for the cost of those mines it isnt worth it since you can get the same effect out of more efficient designs.

[@tomcomiskey6350]

I have a childhood friend who lost both legs in Nam at the same time I was over there from a bouncing betty.

[@Stray03]

Yeah? I know they used alot of Russian stuff and that their pmn mines have alot of explosive in them but I didnt know they used bounding mines.

[@ayu1978]

You have a remarkable talent in handling dangerous ordnance. Yes I know it’s inert but I think I would have a good amount of anxiety even touching an inert one. Ever thought about joining the EOD or civilian demining organisations?

[@Stray03]

Had I joined the military it is where I probably would have ended up. It is different though seeing as it will kill you if you screw up.

[@EmsDumbContent]

Showing people how explosives work... that definitely ain't gonna end badly

[@Stray03]

Not explosives, mines. No explosives in it. And regardless of how it would end I believe education is more important than hiding it from people

[@EmsDumbContent]

@@Stray03 Sorry I meant it as a joke.

[@TempoDrift1480]

Boy that would piss me off.... If I caught someone setting one of those for me I'd open their head with a hammer.

[@inkblot5497]

Wizzle ...why wouldnt you just use your rifle? if you were in a situation which you had to worry about these, id hope youd have one.