PMN Mine - Variants

Variants

• Type 58 - Chinese copy of the PMN-1
• MM 2 - Burmese copy of the PMN-1 used in Myanmar
• Gyata 64 - Hungarian copy of the PMN-1
• PM-79 mine - Bulgarian variant of the PMN-1
• MC-3 - looks similar to the PMN-1, but has a small "blister" in the centre of the pressure-plate, incorporating a spring-loaded, pressure-release anti-handling device. The explosive content is 310 grams of TNT. The total weight of a MC-3 is 630 g. An MC-3 requires a minimum load of between 5 and 6 kg on the "blister" to prevent detonation. As a result, armed PMN-3 mines will always be encountered under some sort of heavy object, such as beneath an OZM bounding mine or sometimes an anti-tank mine to act as an anti-handling device. Note that detonation of an MC-3 under an anti-tank mine may cause sympathetic detonation of the larger munition. Additionally, an MC-3 could simply be used as a conventional boobytrap device without being buried, for example deliberately planted inside a building or a vehicle.
• PMN-3 - looks similar to the PMN-2, but incorporates a battery-operated tilt-switch anti-handling device designed to kill/wound deminers. The explosive content is 80g phlegmatized RDX i.e. RDX and paraffin wax. The total weight of the PMN-3 is 600g. This mine has been encountered in Chechnya