Weapons · Germany · 1935-1945
Teller mine
anti-tank mine
The Tellermine ('plate mine') was Germany's standard metal-cased anti-tank mine, a disc-shaped charge with a central pressure fuze that required roughly 180 kg of pressure to detonate, enough that a vehicle's track had to pass directly over it. Introduced as the T.Mi.35, it was refined into the T.Mi.42 and T.Mi.43 as the war went on, and late-war versions were often fitted with an anti-lift tilt-rod fuze to catch mine-clearing crews. Millions were laid across German-held Europe, most heavily as part of the Atlantic Wall beach defenses in Northern France.
| weight | ~9.1 kg |
|---|---|
| explosive charge | 5.5 kg TNT |
| diameter | 31.8 cm |
| trigger pressure | ~180 kg |
Eastern Front, Western Europe, Battle of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and North Africa, Balkans
