Booby Traps [NAVPERS 16110]

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Booby Traps

[NAVPERS 16110]

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.

Originally published in 1944 by the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.

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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