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Hungarian Landmine, APERS, M62

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1519-075

Description

This mine resembles the PMD-7TS Soviet AP mine. The mine housing is made of plastic.  Metal parts are pivot pin; safety pin; fuze and striker pin (encased in plastic); striker pin spring, and detent. All metal parts are presumably anti-magnetic to thwart electronic mine detection.

It is used primarily along the Hungarian border to prevent intrusion.

Functioning

No information about functioning.

See Also

Landmine, APERS, PMD-7TS

Source(s)

TM 5-280, Foreign Mine Warfare Equipment (chg 1, 1971)