Original Finnish WWII Rare Inert Bakelite v Rasia-Ansa M42 Antipersonnel “Box-Trap” Mine Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of a rather rare WWII Finnish Ant-Personnel mine, just one of the less than 20,000 ever made! This is the Finnish M42, a High-Explosive Blast (HE-Blast), plastic-bodied, pressure-actuated, Anti-Personnel (AP), blast landmine called the Rasia Ansa M42 (Box-trap M42).

Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF-approved manner so that they cannot be used as ammunition components for destructive devices, are not considered NFA weapons. This example is in total compliance and is NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT.

The Finnish military introduced this Anti-Personnel (AP) landmine in 1942. It has a bakelite (plastic) body with a cylindrical jar and a lid made from the same material, both of which unfortunately have cracking present.

The original fuze system was a combination of a primer cap and a number 8 fuze and fuze wire. The fuze was installed to the landmine from the side, which is not present.

On top of the landmine is a safety switch, which can be rotated 180° between two settings, Tulta (Fire) and Varmist (Safe), however, the manuals forbid applying pressure on top of the landmine even with the safety on. This safety switch is frozen and can no longer be rotated.

The landmine was placed into a hole about 5cm deep and 12cm in diameter with the safety upwards. The manuals claim that the landmine is waterproof and can be buried in moist terrain, but later the experiences proved this untrue.

A lovely example ready for further research and display.