What was a teller mine?

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Answer the teller mine was used mainly against armoured vehicles.A Teller mine was a German land mine that was made famous during WW2. The word "Teller" in German means "plate". The name came from their flat, plate shape. The first variant was the TMi-29 mine that appeared in the 1930's were twice as powerful as any mine made up to then. It was 18" in diameter and carried 13.2 lbs of TNT. The TMi-35 was a smaller mine that saw service until 1943. The TMi-35 mine was 13" in diameter and weighed 21 lbs and was detonated by pressure placed on the lid that fired a central igniter. The TMi-43 mine was the last of this series to be introduced in WWII. It was similar to the Tmi-35 but it used Amatol explosives.

The term, "Teller mine" is still used today to describe a similar shape land mine.

A related item, the "bouncing Betty" was a small anti-personel mine. When tripped, it would jump into the air and explode, sending dozens of small balls in every direction.

Totally unrelated, Edward Teller was nuclear scientist who was called "the father of the Hydrogen bomb" (the nuclear bomb that was the upgrade from the atomic bomb developed during WW2).