I hope somebody can clear this up. I understood 'Teller Mines' to be a specific type of German land mine. However, while reviewing a manuscript about the battle for Iwo Jima, I read quotes of US Marines finding 'Teller Mines' around the area, and their tanks getting blown up by same.
Am I missing something, or are some of these guys getting their terminology mixed up?
Thanks
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I might add Teller means plate in German. As Dan explained the mines are composed of two parts "plates" (as in dinner or soup plates) joined together.
I was not aware of others than the Germans using the term although often mentioned by allies too, to explain a specific type of mine.
Does this make sense....?
Hope so
Waleed
I was not aware of others than the Germans using the term although often mentioned by allies too, to explain a specific type of mine.
Does this make sense....?
Hope so
Waleed
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The German antitank mines were specifically named 'Tellermine' (T. Mi. 35, 42, and 43), indeed because of their resemblance to large plates, however it's not a generic term by any means. The use of the term by a US Marine is probably simply because he learned of the German mine in training. The Japanese definitely didn't have Tellermines.
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Re: Teller Mines
Hello to all ; a little complement....................
Panzervernichtungstrupp!
Sources: Das III Reich. Sondersheft 11. Grenadiere. Die Deutsche Infanterie von 1939-1945.
Litzmannstädter Zeitung Oct 7, 1943.
Cheers. Raúl M .
Panzervernichtungstrupp!
Sources: Das III Reich. Sondersheft 11. Grenadiere. Die Deutsche Infanterie von 1939-1945.
Litzmannstädter Zeitung Oct 7, 1943.
Cheers. Raúl M .
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- Withdrawal to the Dnieper; sappers await the passage of the column to plant their T-mines.....................
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Re: Teller Mines
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Beachhead at Nettuno!
Sources: https://www.ea-militaria.com/die-wehrma ... -1944.html
Cheers. Raúl M .
Beachhead at Nettuno!
Sources: https://www.ea-militaria.com/die-wehrma ... -1944.html
Cheers. Raúl M .
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- The paratroopers' outposts have detected an enemy advance. It is in the direction of a major intersection. American tanks are already moving on. A team of parachute sappers rushed to the hotspot to mine the endangered area in particular........................
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Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.