PTM-1
Illustration — PTM-1 The PTM-1 (Russian: ПТМ-1), also known as the PTM-1G, PTM-1S, and the PGMDM is a Soviet/Russian plastic-bodied anti-vehicle landmine. It is generally deployed by aircraft via cluster munition dispenser such as the KMGU munitions dispenser, helicopter or rocket artillery via the BM-21 or BM-27 rocket systems.
Also recorded as PGMDM
PTM-1
MoserB · Self-photographed · Public domain
- Field
- anti-tank mine
- Region
- Soviet Union · Russia
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Operational use
As of 24 February 2023, the PTM-1 has been utilized during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is known to be stockpiled by both Russia and Ukraine. It has also been found in use in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia.
Anti-tank landmine PTM-1. Russian army shelled Kharkiv with these mines in the night on 11 April 2022 (video of demining).
Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast · https: set=pcb.352215776947922 (the whole post)
Description
The PTM-1 is a blast mine that can be pressure- or self-activated. It is 338 mm long and rectangular in shape. It contains approximately 1.5 kg of liquid explosive. A cylindrical housing at one end of the mine contains the self-destruct timer, settable to 2 hour increments for a maximum of 24 hours. Other sources give a range of 3-40 hours. The mine is activated by a single pressure or accumulation of light pressures anywhere on any part of the mine body. It has a 2.6 second firing delay.
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Landmine Use in Ukraine. Human Rights Watch. 2023-06-13.
- 2.PTM-1S Landmine. Collective Awareness to UXO.
- 3.Explosive Ordinance Guide For Ukraine. Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining. 2022-08-03.
- 4.PGMDM anti-tank mine (British drill/training example). Imperial War Museums.
- 5.Uragan 9K57 Multiple Launch Rocket System, Russia. Army Technology.
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