POMZ-2 Anti Personnel Mine

Place Asia: North Korea
Accession Number RELAWM40251
Collection type Technology
Object type Munition
Physical description Cast iron, Paint, Wood
Place made Russia
Date made c 1945
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Description

POMZ-2 antipersonnel mine. The mine consists of a wooden stake and a cast iron fragmentation body. The detonator assembly is missing. The mine is painted olive drab. There are no markings.

History / Summary

The POMZ-2 antipersonnel mine was a standard fragmentation mine used in the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam by Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Warsaw Pact forces.