The removal of the ball bearings releases the striker. As rounds are fired or removed, the switch opens up until the ball bearings are released. Once ‘armed’ the switch cannot be disarmed. The safety pin releases the detent that allows the switch to open into the ‘armed’ position. This was connected to a Spring Operated, Ball Control Pressure release operated, Mechanical Switch. The pressure to compress the switch was supplied by a cut down and modified magazine spring. Inside was a completely modified arrangement, built around the internal workings of the magazine. A steel casing, containing 35 grams of TNT, now occupied the majority of the space. The magazine was a standard Soviet issue mag with all the usual external parts and markings. It had apparently been lost or discarded during a hasty withdrawal under fire! -WRONG! The Bakelite, Soviet-made AK-47 magazine, was in fact a purpose-made anti-personnel boobytrap. This boobytrapped AK-47 magazine was found lying on the ground beside some trenches in Bosnia. General View of the Internal Components of the Bakelite Magazineīooby traps: AK47 rifles recovered in Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor. We’ve taken the time to highlight exactly how this mechanism operates and re-written the text so you aren’t squinting like mad at your screen. Then 35 grams of TNT blows up in your face. And indeed it does function like a normal magazine too - at least for a few rounds. The Bakelite magazine wasn’t some garage-produced item, this one has several clever features.īasically, it looks and feels like a full magazine. Recently we came across something in a similar vein but with a different take: A boobytrapped mag from way back in Bosnia. That wasn’t the first time that tactic was employed, and we highly doubt it was the last time that booby traps have been used. What immediately comes to mind in real-life sophisticated sabotage is Project Eldest Son where American snake eaters sneaked explosive rounds into enemy ammunition supplies. An ammo can full of maps and other items of intelligence value blows up in Platoon.īut it’s not just the movies every war produces its own dirty tricks department. An overview of a boobytrapped Bosnian AK mag (specifically a Bakelite magazine) used as much to attack morale and cause uncertainty as to inflict casualties.īooby Traps: This Mag is More Than Meets the Eyeįull Metal Jacket featured a boobytrapped stuffed rabbit (Crazy Earl was going to eat it–we saw that one coming from a mile away).
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