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The PMD-6 is an anti-personnel mine manufactured in the former Soviet Union that has been used in around 30 countries worldwide. The mine is usually used with an MUV / MUV-2 Fuze. The housing of the PMD-6 is made of green-painted wood with a hinged lid with a slot cut into it. The slot presses down against a retaining pin, which holds back the striker. The mine is 200 millimeters long, 89 millimeters wide and 64 millimeters high.
At a pressure of only 1 kg on the upper part, the retaining pin is pushed out of the pre-tensioned firing pin. This releases the firing pin and ignites the detonator and then the main charge (200g of TNT).
The mine has two safety pins: the first one on the MUV fuze, which prevents the detonator from being activated by the firing pin when released, and a second pin on the mine body, which prevents the upper part from being pushed down.
Unlike the PMD-6, the PMD-6M features a leaf spring on the underside of the lid to increase low release pressure.
The PMD-6 was the first mine used by the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s to create mine fields on the inner-German border. The mines were later replaced with bakelit/plastic models (PMN) because the PMD-6 tended to explode in heavy snow or the mines were no longer functional due to the weathering of the wooden box.
High: 64mm
Length: 200mm
Width: 89mm
Weight: 400g
Explosive: 200g TNT
Operating pressure: 1kg
Body: wooden
At a pressure of only 1 kg on the upper part, the retaining pin is pushed out of the pre-tensioned firing pin. This releases the firing pin and ignites the detonator and then the main charge (200g of TNT).
The mine has two safety pins: the first one on the MUV fuze, which prevents the detonator from being activated by the firing pin when released, and a second pin on the mine body, which prevents the upper part from being pushed down.
Unlike the PMD-6, the PMD-6M features a leaf spring on the underside of the lid to increase low release pressure.
The PMD-6 was the first mine used by the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s to create mine fields on the inner-German border. The mines were later replaced with bakelit/plastic models (PMN) because the PMD-6 tended to explode in heavy snow or the mines were no longer functional due to the weathering of the wooden box.
High: 64mm
Length: 200mm
Width: 89mm
Weight: 400g
Explosive: 200g TNT
Operating pressure: 1kg
Body: wooden
