This is the Russian PMN-3 (ПМН-2), a High-Explosive-Blast (HE-Blast), circular plastic-bodied, Delay (DLY) armed, battery-powered, electronic, Anti-Disturbance-Device (ADD), Self-Destruct (SD), PRESSURE or tilt-actuated, Anti-Personnel (AP), landmine which externally looks like the PMN-2 AP landmine and is intended to impede landmine clearance.

The PMN 3 is significantly heavier than the PMN 2, reportedly weighing more than 600 g (compared to 420 g for the PMN 2), which suggests that additional steel fragmentation may be present. This, together with the battery and circuitry, should make the …

The PMN (Russian: противопехотная мина нажимная, romanized: protivopekhotnaya mina nazhimnaya, lit. 'anti-personnel pressure mine') series of blast anti-personnel mines were designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. They are one of the most widely used and commonly found devices during demining operations.

The PMN-3 Russian Anti-Personnel Mine a high-explosive (HE), circular plastic-bodied, delay armed, battery-powered, electronic, anti-disturbance, self destruct, pressure or tilt...

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The PMN-3 is the anti-disturbance version of the Russian PMN-2 AP blast mine, and shares an identical external appearance. Believed to be in service with the Russian Armed Forces. Self-destruct options of 0.5, 1, 2, 4 or 8 days. Used in Chechnya.

The PMN (Russian: противопехотная мина нажимная, romanized: protivopekhotnaya mina nazhimnaya, lit. 'anti-personnel pressure mine') series of blast anti-personnel mines were designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. They are one of the most widely used and commonly found devices during demining operations.

The PMN series of blast anti-personnel mines were designed and manufactured in Russia. They are one of the most widely used and commonly found devices during demining operations. The design of the PMN-1 mine dates from the late 1950s. It …

La conception de la mine PMN-1 date de la fin des années 1950. Elle est particulièrement meurtrière parce qu’elle contient une charge explosive inhabituellement grande par rapport à la plupart des autres mines antipersonnel. À titre de comparaison, la plupart des mines antipersonnel (par exemple la VS-50) contiennent environ 50 grammes d’explosif puissant, qui détruit généralement ...

The PMN is a bakelite-cased, pressure operated, anti-personnel blast mine (sometimes called the 'Black-widow'). Made in the former Soviet Union, it has been found in Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Chechnya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, Iraq, Kurdistan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Rwanda ...