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PMN mine

Index PMN mine

The PMN series of blast anti-personnel mines were designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. [1]

40 relations: Amputation, Anti-handling device, Anti-personnel mine, Bakelite, Blast injury, Blast resistant mine, Booby trap, Bulgaria, Chechnya, Composition B, Demining, Detonation, Detonator, Explosive booster, Explosive material, Firing pin, Fuze, Gait (human), GYATA-64 mine, Hungary, In situ, Iraq, Land mine, Lead, M14 mine, Myanmar, OZM, Paraffin wax, Pentolite, Phlegmatized explosive, Physical disability, PM-79 mine, RDX, Rocket-propelled grenade, Satchel charge, Soviet Union, Sympathetic detonation, Tetryl, TNT, VS-50 mine.

Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery.

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Anti-handling device

An anti-handling device is an attachment to or integral part of a landmine or other munition e.g. some fuze types found in general purpose air-dropped bombs, cluster bombs and sea mines.

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Anti-personnel mine

Anti-personnel mines are a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles.

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Bakelite

Bakelite (sometimes spelled Baekelite), or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is the first plastic made from synthetic components.

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Blast injury

A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion.

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Blast resistant mine

A Blast resistant mine is a landmine (intended for anti-tank or anti-personnel purposes) with a fuze which is designed to be insensitive to the shock wave from a nearby explosion.

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Booby trap

A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm, or surprise a person or animal, unknowingly triggered by the presence or actions of the victim.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria (България, tr.), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (Република България, tr.), is a country in southeastern Europe.

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Chechnya

The Chechen Republic (tɕɪˈtɕɛnskəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika), commonly referred to as Chechnya (p; Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia.

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Composition B

Composition B, colloquially "Comp B", is an explosive consisting of castable mixtures of RDX and TNT.

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Demining

Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area, while minesweeping describes the act of detecting mines.

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Detonation

Detonation is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it.

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Detonator

A detonator, frequently a blasting cap, is a device used to trigger an explosive device.

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Explosive booster

An explosive booster is a sensitive explosive charge that acts as a bridge between a (relatively weak) conventional detonator and a low-sensitivity (but typically high-energy) explosive such as TNT.

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Explosive material

An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

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Firing pin

A firing pin or striker is part of the firing mechanism used in a firearm or explosive device e.g. an M14 landmine or bomb fuze.

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Fuze

In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates function.

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Gait (human)

Human gait refers to locomotion achieved through the movement of human limbs.

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GYATA-64 mine

The GYATA-64 is a Hungarian antipersonnel mine, very similar to the Russian PMN mine in design and appearance.

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Hungary

Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.

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In situ

In situ (often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to "on site" or "in position".

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Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

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Land mine

A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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M14 mine

The M14 mine is a small (diameter) anti-personnel land mine first deployed by the United States circa 1955.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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OZM

The OZM-3, OZM-4 and OZM-72 are Soviet manufactured bounding mine type anti-personnel mines.

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Paraffin wax

Paraffin wax is a white or colourless soft solid, derived from petroleum, coal or oil shale, that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between twenty and forty carbon atoms.

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Pentolite

Pentolite is a composite high explosive used for military and civilian purposes, e.g., warheads and booster charges.

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Phlegmatized explosive

A phlegmatized explosive is an explosive that has had an agent added to stabilize or desensitize it.

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Physical disability

A physical disability is a limitation on a person's physical functioning, mobility, dexterity or stamina.

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PM-79 mine

The PM-79 is a small, circular Bulgarian blast-resistant anti-personnel mine, superficially similar to the Russian PMN.

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RDX

RDX is the organic compound with the formula (O2NNCH2)3.

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Rocket-propelled grenade

A rocket-propelled grenade (often abbreviated RPG) is a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon system that fires rockets equipped with an explosive warhead.

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Satchel charge

Weapons used in the Winter War. The original Finnish satchel charge is on the left. A satchel charge is a demolition device, primarily intended for combat, whose primary components are a charge of dynamite or a more potent explosive such as C-4 plastic explosive, a carrying device functionally similar to a satchel or messenger bag, and a triggering mechanism; the term covers both improvised and formally designed devices.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Sympathetic detonation

A sympathetic detonation (SD, or SYDET), also called flash over, is a detonation, usually unintended, of an explosive charge by a nearby explosion.

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Tetryl

2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine commonly referred to as tetryl (C7H5N5O8) is an explosive compound used to make detonators and explosive booster charges.

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TNT

Trinitrotoluene (TNT), or more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3.

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VS-50 mine

The VS-50 is a circular plastic cased anti-personnel blast mine, formerly manufactured by the now-defunct Valsella Meccanotecnica SpA, an Italian high-tech defence industry specialized in area denial systems which was also the manufacturer of the Valmara 69 and one of the first industries in the world to implement plastic construction for landmines.

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Redirects here:

MM 2 mine, PMN-2, PMN-2 mine.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMN_mine

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