POMZ-2 mine

POMZ-2 mine: This tripwire landmine was developed by the Soviet's in light of the cold war, to buy influence and to help North Vietnam win their conflict against South Vietnam and the USA, the Soviet forces gave these mines to the North Vietnamese Army. There was a hole in the bottom of the mine so that a stick could be shoved up it so as to stick it into soft ground, or without the stick could be put onto a protuding object in an urban area. The Vietcong added to this by putting a grenade underneath the stake in case the mine was discovered and taken back to an enemy base for intel. The pin on the grenade was taken out and the bottom of the stick was jammed into the top of the grenade to stop the firing mechanism from going off, if the mine was found, the wire cut, and the mine removed from the ground, the stick would be removed leaving nothing to stop the firing mechanism from going off.