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To arm the mine, first off, if the wooden safety plug is still in the fuse well, remove it. Then insert the No. 99 detonator, and then insert the ebonite rod containing the striker (among other things) in the fuse well above the detonator. Make sure that no pressure is applied to the rod after
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insertion to avoid accidentally setting off the mine. To disarm the mine do the opposite of arming: remove the striker and then the detonator.
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striker. This then pierces the No. 99 MK I detonator which activates booster charges on either side of it, detonating the mine.
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