Could a tellermine be neutralised?

A note in the training section of my father's paybook for April 1944 says: 'Neutralised tellermine.' However, I understood that a tellermine - a German anti-tank mine - could not be made safe because of its anti-handling devices. My father was an RA gunner and not a specialist in mine clearance. Has anyone any thoughts?

 

• WO 208/2989: German Army equipment 1939-1945: Mines, Mine Detectors & Demolition Equipment

COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN NORTH AFRICA 1941. © IWM (E 7602) IWM Non Commercial License
South African sappers making German Teller mines safe, 12 January 1942



THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943. © IWM (NA 5130) IWM Non Commercial License
The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: A huge dump of German Teller mines captured by the Americans near Roccopalunba during their drive on Palermo.


and another way of 'neutralising'...


NORWAY AFTER LIBERATION 1945. © IWM (BU 9757) IWM Non Commercial License
A German prisoner engaged in clearing a minefield near Stavanger fixes a fuse to a Teller mine. These mines were too dangerous to move and so were blown up where they were located.

 

Mines were a constant problem when Artillery Batteries moved into a new location.

2nd Sept 1944, 67th Field Regiment RA TA lost three Officers and a Bombardier when their Survey Jeep struck a nest of Teller mines, blowing it over a wall,
when entering a new position in Florence.
After which Survey Teams were taught how to clear mines.

4th Sept 1944

Note from the diary


Teller mine - Wikipedia