Chinese Type 81 mine in Ukraine - test

3D-printed Russian anti-personnel mines

3D-printed Russian anti-personnel mines

24 Nov 2025

24 Nov 2025

24 Nov 2025

Russian forces have allegedly begun dropping 3D-printed anti-personnel (AP) mines from uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs)

  • Russian forces have allegedly begun dropping 3D-printed anti-personnel (AP) mines from uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs)

  • The designation of these mines are not known

  • They are pressure-initiated mines, with a plastic high explosive fill, electric detonator, battery and initiation circuit

  • Images to the right show the outer and inner design, but there are reports of other models being deployed

  • This mine was covered in tape possibly to assist with camouflage in grass, or provide additional structural integrity when dropping from a UAV

  • 3D-printed AP mines with simple designs could allow for easy mass manufacture and deployment

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