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The Fort Snelling Bulletin
Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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German forces on the Western Front rely heavily on mines and booby traps with ingenious baits and tricky concealments to target unsuspecting American GIs. Common types include Teller and Riegel mines, plus non-metallic variants like Papp, glass, wood, and plastic. US engineers detected 3400 mines in one week and claim ability to detect and deactivate all.
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The Germans on the Western Front are placing great reliance on mines and booby traps. That in itself is not new, since the enemy used this type of weapon extensively in Africa, Sicily and Italy. What is new are the ingenious baits he is using to lure unsuspicious GIs to death or injury and the tricky methods of concealment he is employing to prevent detection.
The type of mine hasn't changed much. The Teller mine is still the most common although a variation known as the Riegel has made its appearance. The Riegel is rectangular in shape and covers more ground than the oval shaped Teller.
To cheat our metal mine detectors, the Germans have devised a boxed non-metallic mine, known as the Papp, which is made of cardboard and glass. Another glass mine looks like a chafing dish. Still others are made of wood and plastic.
On one division front recently, our engineers picked up 3400 mines in a single week. The engineers have developed new devices which will detect the new, non-metallic mines, but they aren't saying anything about them for publication yet.
Engineers officers say: "There is no mine we cannot detect, and once detected, there is no mine we cannot de-activate."
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engineers picked up 3400 mines in a single week; confident in detecting and de-activating all mines
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Germans on the Western Front use mines and booby traps with ingenious baits to lure GIs to death or injury and tricky concealment methods. Types include Teller (oval), Riegel (rectangular), Papp (cardboard and glass, non-metallic), glass mine resembling chafing dish, and wood/plastic mines. Used extensively in Africa, Sicily, Italy previously. US engineers developed new detection devices for non-metallic mines.