Copy American: Russia steals mine weapons - General Staff

The PTKM-1R anti-tank mine, which was presented in the Russian Federation as its own recent development in 2021, is an exact copy of the M93 Hornet. It was created in the United States in 1990. The Russian Federation does not develop its own weapons, investing funds and intellectual resources, and steals created in other countries. The representative of the Trophy and Prospective Weapons and Military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Andriy Rudyk told about it.

As an example, Rudyk cited an anti-tank mine of PTKM-1R, which was introduced in Russia as its own latest development in 2021. The Russian edition of "Izvesti" wrote about the completion of the tests of the mine in 2018. "Thanks to the sensitive electronic sensors and the" smart "stuffing, it is able to track the enemy tank on its own and impress it with a special fired sub -fuel. In 2020, the Interfax agency reported that in the Russian Federation launched mass production of PTKM-1R.

According to the General Staff of Ukraine, this mine, which is so proud of Russian defense, is a copy of the famous American mine M93 Hornet, developed in 1990. Rudyk also said that the Russians use mines. Outwardly, they resemble toys, so they pose a particular danger to children. "The Russian military resorts to the use of such mines not only to complicate the removal of anti -personnel mines, but also for the mines of kitchen items, food, etc. ," the General Staff emphasizes.

As a rule, such mines do not kill, but can seriously cripple people who are in the explosion zone. So the invaders violate points B, C, E, F, G, G, Part 1, Article 7 of the Protocol II of the Convention on specific types of ordinary weapons in 1980. We will remind, Ukrainian sappers are learning to exchange the territory in Cambodia.