PMD-6 - Soviet anti - personnel mine of push action. It was adopted in the late 1930s. It was actively used by units of the Red Army throughout the Second World War . It was withdrawn from service in 1949 .
| PMD-6M | |
|---|---|
 PMD-6M | |
| Type of | high explosive push action |
| Designed by | in the 1930s |
| In service |  the USSR |
| Body material | wood |
| total weight | 0.58 kg |
| The size | 20.2 × 9.6 × 3.8 cm |
| Explosive | TNT |
| Fuse | MUV series |
| Temperature Range | -40 ° C - + 50 ° C |
| Killer elements | no |
| Self-elimination | not provided |
| Self neutralization | not provided |
Content
- 1 Design
- 2 Performance characteristics
- 3 Options
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Design
It consists of a wooden (less often plywood , slate [1] , or tin [2] ) case, a TNT block weighing 0.2 kg (less often a French mixture is used ), as well as an MUV or UVG series fuse with a “T” -shaped combat check and fuse MD-5 or MD-2 . The mine cover is pivotally connected to the hull and is a target pressure sensor. In order to better preserve the wooden case during production, they were coated with drying oil or boiled in oil.
Inside the mine is a 200-gram checker of TNT or a French mixture. The PMD-6f mine modification was equipped with powdered TNT, which was previously poured into a glass bottle.
After World War II, the mine was modernized. In PMD-6M, a metal plate is nailed to the inner surface of the lid, and its other end abuts against the fuse sleeve. To detonate a mine, an effort of already 6-28 kg is required, which makes it safer when mining.
PMD-6, as well as its modifications, is extremely dangerous during neutralization and therefore, when cleared, it is destroyed on site by detonating a nearby explosive charge or a mine trawl .
Performance Specifications
- Type - anti-personnel high explosive push action
- Case Material - Wood
- Weight, kg - 0.580
- The mass of explosives ( TNT or the French mixture ), kg - 0.2
- Length, cm - 20.2
- Width, cm - 9.6
- Height, cm - 3.8
- Type of target sensor - push
- Dimensions of the target sensor, cm - 20 by 9.6
- Actuation force, kg - 1.0-12.0
- Application temperature range - -40 ° C - + 50 ° C
- The fuse used (with a T-shaped check) - UV or UVG with detonator capsule No. 8, МУВ with fuse МД-2
- Fatigue - no
- Neutrality - no
- Self-elimination / self-neutralization - no / no
- The term of the combat work was not determined
- Case Material - Wood
Options
- PMD-7
- PMD-57
Notes
- ↑ Anti-personnel mine PMD-6 slate mod. 1942 g
- ↑ Anti-personnel mine PMD-6 metal (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 11, 2015. Archived September 24, 2015.
Literature
- Guidance on the material part of engineering weapons. Means of mining and clearance - Moscow: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1963.
- Engineering ammunition. Guidance on material and application. Book one. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1976.
- Anti-personnel wooden mines PMD-6, PMD-7 and PMD-7Ts. - M.: Military publishing house of the NPO of the USSR, 1942.
- Brassey's Essential Guide To Anti-Personnel Landmines, Recognizing and Disarming , Eddie Banks, ISBN 1-85753-228-7
- Jane's Mines and Mine Clearance 2005-2006
- TM 5-223, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment