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Video footage showing a new version of Russian Geran-2 drone successfully deploying PTM-3 scatterable self-liquidating shaped charge anti-tank mines surfaced online on August 10.
The existence of the mine-laying Geran-2 version was first reported by Ukrainian media last week. A photo showing one such drone carrying two KPTM-3 containers, which are used to dispense the PTM-3, was released at the time.
The propeller-driven Geran-2, said to be a copy of Iran’s Shahed-136, has a range of around 2,500 kilometers with a cruise speed of 180 kilometers per hour.
The standard version of the drone is designed for one-way, or suicide, attacks. For that, it is equipped with a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system and a 50 kg warhead. The mine-laying version, however, appears to be equipped with an electro-optical system, including a thermal imager, and a two-way data-link.
The new video shows the drone scattering its PTM-3s on routes used by Kiev forces somewhere in the special military operations zone with a high level of precision. At least two military vehicles are seen getting hit by the mines later in the footage.
The Soviet-designed PTM-3 contains 1,8 kg of TG-40 explosives, a mix of 60 percent RDX and 40 percent TNT. The mine features a unique stamped steel body with notches in its side. These notches allow the mine to produce a shaped charge effect on five sides: four on the sides, and one on the end face.
The mine-laying Geran-2 appears to be reusable. It is likely still an experimental model. However, considering its good performance, it could get mass produced.
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can do alot, good system.
this is insane. makes look ww ii like a middles ages conflict.