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PMN plastic anti personnel mine
Grenade Class: B Weight:0.6kg Effective Range: 0 m (emplaced, pressure activated 0.5 to 1.0 kg weight to activate) Fuse Delay: 0 seconds (trip wire activated) Burst Radius: 5m DPW: 416 (.24kg TNT) Anti-Armor Class: None Additional Comments:This is the standard blast, pressure activated antipersonnel mine of the Warsaw Pact; the blast injuries for personnel throughout the blast radius are intended to wound or incapacitate. Difficult to detect and small in size (about the same as a can of shoe polish). The Soviet PMN plastic mine is a post-World War II development which has been employed on the East German border as well as in Vietnam. The casing of the PMN is made of duroplastic and has a side hole for the firing mechanism and primer charge.The top half of the mine case has a rubber mantle which issecured by a metal clasp. The mine is activated by pressure on the top of the case. This pressure releases a spring-loaded striker, in turn hitting the percussion cap capsule, thus setting off the main charge. On laying the mine, after removing the safety pin there is a 15 to 20 minute delay in arming. The mine cannot be disarmed. Last edited by ArmySGT.; 12-17-2014 at 02:43 PM. Reason: additional data |
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