PMN Anti-Personnel Mine

 

PMN Technical Data

Designation:

Противопехотная Нажимная Мина, ПМН
(Anti-personnel pressure mine, PMN)

Manufacturer: (4)

Bryansky chemical plant, Chapayevsky experimental plant for measurement instruments

Year Adopted:

1960

Operational Status: (1998)

Russia: In Use / Production, but is being gradually replaced by the newer PMN-2

Used by/Found in: Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, East Germany, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Somalia, Vietnam. 

Physical Dimensions
     Height:
     Diameter:

 
56 mm (2.2 inches)
112 mm (4.41 inches)

Weight
     Total:
     Explosive Charge:

 

600 grams

 (1.32 pounds)

240 grams TNT*

 (0.53 ounces)

*nine gram booster charge not included.

Fuse Type:

MD-9 (Integral cocked striker with delay arming)

Sensitivity:

1.5 kilograms (3.31 pounds)

Self Destruct (3): None

Appearance (3):

Casing material is a red-brown Bakelite body
with black rubber plate or olive green body with
green rubber plate.

Detection (3):

Visual, Probe, Dogs, Mine
detectors can detect it at 0.5 meters

  

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Sources Cited

(1) King, Colin. Jane's Mines and Mine Clearence 1999-2000, London: Jane's Information Group, 1999. Print.

(2) FM-100-2-3 The Soviet Army: Troops, Organization, and Equipment, Washington D.C.: Department of the Army, 1991. Print.

(3) Banks, Eddie. Brassey's Essential Guide to Anti-Personnel Landmines, London: Brassey's Inc, 1997. Print.

(4) International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch, 1999. Internet.  <https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/landmine/WEBEUR3.html>