PMN Mine - Render-safe Procedure

Render-safe Procedure

It is considered extremely dangerous to disarm PMN mines by removing the fuze, unless they have only recently been laid and are in good condition. Even if this is the case, what appears to be a standard PMN-1 mine may in fact be the PMN-3 or MC-3 versions, which feature an integral anti-handling device which is specifically designed to kill deminers. In any case it is very easy to boobytrap a PMN mine by attaching a pull-fuze to it, or by placing an ML-7 antihandling device underneath. Therefore, the standard render-safe procedure for PMN mines is to destroy them in situ using a small explosive charge.