MTT is a detonation transmission device developed by the USSR . It is used in combination with anti-tank mines to combat heavy armored vehicles equipped with anti-mine skating rinks .
Content
Design
It consists of a detonating cord in a plastic sheath, two detonator caps and two nipples with stops. It is completed with two TNT blocks weighing 0.4 kg each.
Principle of Operation
The detonation transmission device is used to initiate the detonation of one anti-tank mine at the time of undermining another. The length of the detonating cord and the location of the mines is chosen in such a way that when the mine sweep hits the second mine, the tank itself is above the first.
Performance Specifications
- Total weight, kg - 0.8
- Total length, m - 6
- The period of preservation of combat effectiveness when in the ground - up to 1 year
- Total length, m - 6
Notes
Literature
- Guidance on the material part of engineering weapons. Means of mining and clearance - Moscow: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1963.
- Engineering ammunition. Guidance on material and application. Book one. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1976.