S-minen.

Forms: Also S mine.

Etymology: Abbreviation and anglicization of German schützenmine, lit. ‘infantryman mine’.

Used, esp. in the war of 1939–45, to designate a variety of enemy anti-personnel mine.

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S-mine1944

Schu mine1945

claymore mine1962

1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target 206 The enemy had sown elaborate mine fields—heavy Teller mines and deadly anti-personnel S mines.

1945 Lancet 14 July 44/1 Anti-personnel mines are of many types but can be divided into three main groups—the ‘S’ mine, ‘Schu’, and the light Teller anti-tank mine adapted for anti-personnel use.

1972 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 16/2 In the last war the Germans devised a series of anti-personnel devices, including the S-mine & the ‘butterfly-bomb’.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 351 Sometimes a man would step on an unexploded S-mine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	s-mine
释义	S-minen. Forms: Also S mine. Etymology: Abbreviation and anglicization of German schützenmine, lit. ‘infantryman mine’. Used, esp. in the war of 1939–45, to designate a variety of enemy anti-personnel mine. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > land-mine > anti-personnel mine S-mine1944 Schu mine1945 claymore mine1962 1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target 206 The enemy had sown elaborate mine fields—heavy Teller mines and deadly anti-personnel S mines. 1945 Lancet 14 July 44/1 Anti-personnel mines are of many types but can be divided into three main groups—the ‘S’ mine, ‘Schu’, and the light Teller anti-tank mine adapted for anti-personnel use. 1972 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 16/2 In the last war the Germans devised a series of anti-personnel devices, including the S-mine & the ‘butterfly-bomb’. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 351 Sometimes a man would step on an unexploded S-mine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1944
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