Special Operations forces captured a new anti -tank mine of the Russian Federation: how it works (photo)

PTKM-1P works from vibration that comes from armored vehicles. The affected part shoots air and explodes in the upper half of the tank. The Ukrainian forces of special operations captured a new anti-tank mine PTKM-1R. This was reported by the MSO press service on Facebook. During the counter-offensive in the Kharkiv direction, the SCO fighters captured modern Russian engineering weapons-PTKM-1R-anti-tank mines.

Russian troops used them against the armored vehicles of the Ukrainian units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. The PTKM-1P affects the upper half of the sphere of armored vehicles when it passes near the place of installation of the mine. The complex consists of a transport and highway container and a combat element weighing 20 kg. Install the mine manually. According to the "militaristic", the transportation container consists of: the mine works on vibration from the movement of equipment.

It has a target seismic sensor. The combat element consists of a housing, a charge, a detonation distributor and a lining. Pulse jet engines are fixed at an angle. The mine works at a linear distance up to 50 meters. The level of armor is at least 70 mm. We will remind, the managed excalibur shells turn Ukrainian howitzers into a large caliber sniper rifles. On September 8, the Armed Forces fighters captured the latest modernization of SAU MSTA-CM2.