In the video, which the Ukrainian military shared on social networks, it can be seen that in the Kherson region they discovered one of the most modern anti-tank mines of the Russian Armed Forces, designed to work as a Javelin anti-tank complex.

Ukrainian engineers discovered a PTKM-1R mine, which, according to the Russian state arms export agency Rosoboronexport, “targets exactly the least protected part of a tank or self-propelled howitzer – its roof.”

According to the same source, the PTKM-1R mine is able to choose which machine to hit, choosing only the technique that meets certain parameters related to the noise and ground vibration it creates.

PTKM-1R is, in fact, a weapon system consisting of a launcher-carrier and a “combat element”, that is, the explosive part itself.

The launcher is equipped with acoustic and seismic sensors to determine the type of equipment approaching the mine, and the warhead has radar and infrared sensors.

How a Russian mine hits the target

The Russian manufacturer claims that a seismic sensor commands the release of the warhead when the target approaches a mine within 50 meters, and that the explosive device thermally and radar scans the ground in flight to ensure that detonation only occurs when it is over the target .

It seems that this is the first video that appeared on social networks and confirms the discovery of such a mine by the Ukrainian military.

But the fighters of the “Crimea” battalion of the Russian army at the end of November last year published a video showing how they install a PTKM-1R mine. This recording was then analyzed by British military analysts who showed how it was supposed to work.

British analysts note in this video analysis that the Russian mine was essentially designed to work like a Javelin or NLAW man-portable anti-tank system, hitting tanks or armored vehicles at the top.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24 of last year, numerous videos have appeared on social networks showing how combat vehicles of the Russian army often effectively explode when struck from above due to the penetration of the armor to the warhead and the “illumination” of the ammunition in the vehicle. .

But this is also due to some design flaws in Russian tanks and armored vehicles, which do not have dynamic armor on top and store ammunition in a ring loading system that is located around the gunner in the turret.

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