PMN mine
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| General Information | |
| Designation: | PMN-1 |
| Type: | Anti-personnel mine |
| Country of origin: | Russia |
| Technical specifications | |
| Combat weight: | 600 grams |
| Charge: | 240 grams of TNT |
| Diameter: | 112 millimeters |
| Height: | 56 millimeters |
| Detonator: | Pressure igniter |
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The PMN-1 and PMN-2 ( Russian ПМН ) are anti-personnel explosive mines of Russian / Soviet design. They are among the most widespread landmines in the world. Due to the comparatively large load of 240 grams of TNT (anti-personnel mines normally contain ~ 50 g of TNT), the PMN-1 is usually fatal. The PMN-1 consists of a brown Bakelite case with a rubber-coated pressure plate and is a 1950s design.
In the successor model PMN-2, the load was reduced to 100 g and an RDX / TNT mixture (similar to Composition B ) was used as the load. The housing here is made of green or brown plastic. The PMN-2 has a damped igniter to make evacuation using pyrotechnic methods more difficult. The mine was designed in the 1970s.
Both mines are armed by removing the protective cap and pulling off a detonator similar to a hand grenade . After a delay of about 60 seconds, the mine is armed.
Versions and varieties
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PMN-1
- Height: 56mm
- Diameter: 112 mm
- Load: 240 g TNT
- Total weight: 600 g
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PMN-2
- Height: 53mm
- Diameter: 120 mm
- Load: 100g TG-40 (RDX / TNT)
- Total weight: 420 g
- Type 58: Chinese copy
- MM 2: Burmese copy of PMN-1
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Gyata 64: Hungarian copy of the PMN-1
- Height: 61 mm
- Diameter: 106 mm
- Load: 300 g TNT
- Total weight: 520 g
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PM-79: Bulgarian variant with a different detonator and a 2 minute delay when sharpening
- Height 55 mm
- Diameter: 88-100 mm
- Load: 78.3 g TNT
- Total weight: 255 g
- MS-3: Looks like PMN-1, but with a "bubble" in the middle of the pressure plate, which acts as a protection against lifting. Load 310 g TNT , total weight 630 g. The mine must be loaded with at least 5–6 kg to prevent detonation. Is often placed under anti-tank mines to make mine clearing more difficult, or used as a booby trap , for example in vehicles or buildings.
- PMN-3: Looks like PMN-2, but equipped with a battery-operated tilt igniter as protection against being lifted. The load consists of 80 g of phlegmatized RDX, total weight 600 g. The mine was used in Chechnya .
