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Booby Traps [NAVPERS 16110]

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Item Number: L0007

[NAVPERS 16110]

Military Reference Library #L7

Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D.C., 1944
 
Prepared by the U.S. Navy to give the average sailor or Marine information about booby traps, including why they are used, the common types used by Germany, Italy, and Japan, where to look for them, how to detect them, and what to do if found.
 
Contents
  • Purpose

  • Why you should know about enemy booby traps

  • Underlying principles of booby trap employment

    • What they are

    • How they work

  • Why booby traps are used

  • Common types used by Germany and Japan

    • "S" mine

    • Pistol ground spike

    • The Tellermine

    • Italian long metal box types

    • German "butterfly bomb"

    • The "Thermos" bomb

    • Japanese "sandman" and other types used by Japan

      • Anti-vehicle type

      • Anti-personnel

      • Anti-tank magnetized

      • Bangalore torpedo

      • Wooden box mine

      • Panzi

      • Japanese techniques

    • Grenades

  • Where to look for the booby traps

    • Where you have to go

    • Where you are likely to go

    • Where you may speed up without danger of encountering traps

  • How to detect booby traps

  • What to do if you find one

  • Some rules of thumb about booby traps

    • Along Roads

    • Crossing Open Ground

    • Entering Buildings

  • Parting word of advice

  • Bibliography

  • 48 pages

  • 25 B&W photos

  • 1 drawing

 


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