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PMA-2 anti-personnel mine

Country of Origin: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia

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The PMA-2 is a small antipersonnel mine detonated by a UPMAH-2 chemical action pressure fuze. The PMA-2 mine is blast-resistant due to the small surface area to which the UPMAH-2 fuze is exposed.

The mine's firing train consists of the detonator (containing 2.55 g of potassium chlorate, lead azide, antimony and sulfide), a hexogen (RDX) booster and the main TNT explosive charge.

The only metallic content of the land mine and the UPMAH-2 fuze is an aluminum disk (measuring 8.6 mm in...

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