Generally considered easy to detect with a good metal-detector, the PMN-2 is a plastic-cased, pressure operated, anti-personnel blast mine (including a complex arming-delay and blast resistance mechanism). Made in the former Soviet Union, it has been found in Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Chechnya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tajikistan and Thailand. The mine has a body that is usually green plastic (occasionally brown) with a black rubber cross on top.

Height: 53mm
Diameter: 120mm
Main charge: 100g TNT/RDX

The arming process cannot be reversed. The PMN-2 detonator cannot be safely emoved from the casing but the booster charge screws into the base and can be removed with a square key. This should prevent the initiation of the detonator passing a shock wave into the main charge, but the detonator is still large enough to disrupt the casing and may cause injury. The HE charge is entirely on the side of the mine opposite the arming pin (it is lacquered black in the picture above). To destroy the mine with a small explosive charge, the charge must be placed on the side adjacent to the HE charge.

The picture below shows the separated mine and the components of the pressure plate.