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Fascinating image of an improvised truck-mounted remote mining system used by #Russia|n forces in #Ukraine.
This seems to use the launcher from a Universal Minelayer UMZ - which deploys several scattered mines while driving, thereby creating a minefield.
A brief 🧵
Fascinating image of an improvised truck-mounted remote mining system used by #Russia|n forces in #Ukraine.
This seems to use the launcher from a Universal Minelayer UMZ - which deploys several scattered mines while driving, thereby creating a minefield.
A brief 🧵
The UMZ holds six of these angled honey-cone launchers, each containing 30 K-cassettes.
The truck drives along and fires the K-cassettes sequentially.
The depth (or width) of the resulting minefield can range from 15 to 240m, with the launch truck driving as fast as 40 km/h.
The truck drives along and fires the K-cassettes sequentially.
The depth (or width) of the resulting minefield can range from 15 to 240m, with the launch truck driving as fast as 40 km/h.
Due to the varying sizes of the available scatterable mines, more or fewer mines may be deployed.
The choice of mine also influences the length of the created minefield.
Of course, a mixture of scatterable mines can also be loaded into a UMZ.
The choice of mine also influences the length of the created minefield.
Of course, a mixture of scatterable mines can also be loaded into a UMZ.
Each honey-cone launcher can contain up to 30 K-cassettes.
All K-cassettes function the same: they contain several scatterable mines and an electrically triggered expulsion charge. Once functioned, the mines are thrown out of the cassette and form a minefield.
All K-cassettes function the same: they contain several scatterable mines and an electrically triggered expulsion charge. Once functioned, the mines are thrown out of the cassette and form a minefield.
Several types of scatterable mines can be deployed via such a system.
Below is a KPOM-2 containing four POM-2 anti-personnel mines and a picture of a POM-2
Below is a KPOM-2 containing four POM-2 anti-personnel mines and a picture of a POM-2
Besides the UMZ, K-cassettes can also be deployed from aerial vehicles.
The Mi-8 HIP and Mi-24 HIND helicopters are most commonly used, but fixed-wing aircraft like SU-27s can also be employed.
The Mi-8 HIP and Mi-24 HIND helicopters are most commonly used, but fixed-wing aircraft like SU-27s can also be employed.
Lastly, there is a remote mining kit for infantry soldiers that's basically an angled stand to mount a single K-cassette, some wire, and a battery to fire the cassette.
Sources:
On the UMZ system in #Ukraine, by @Arms_Research: armamentresearch.com/ukrainian-oper…
community.apan.org/cfs-file/__key…
en.topwar.ru/10659-sovremen…
On the UMZ system in #Ukraine, by @Arms_Research: armamentresearch.com/ukrainian-oper…
community.apan.org/cfs-file/__key…
en.topwar.ru/10659-sovremen…
Cc: @MarkHiznay, @eod205, @historicfirearm, @AbraxasSpa, @InfoAgeStrategy, @KristfNagy19, @simon_uxo.
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