Hello, Here is a group of PMA-3 mines from the former Yugoslavia. Each one is different in color and/or markings.
I have read that the marking "СРБ" (SRB) means that it was made before 1991 in the Slavko Rodić factory in Bugojno, a city in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is all I know about the meaning of the various colors and markings seen here. Can anyone here tell by the markings and colors where and when the other ones were made?
On the top row, the green one on the left and the black one next to it have identical yellow markings. It is hard to see in the picture, but the numbers are the same on those two.
The black one on the top right is different from the other black one because it has a black fuze plug, no yellow printing, and on the inside it is missing the lid on the chamber that would have contained the main charge. It does not look like it ever had this part. They are glued in place, so it would be easy to see if it had been removed. I do not know if this was a wartime production expedient or if the mine was unfinished. It is missing the safety band, so I don't know what color that would have been. (The black one with the green plug has a green safety band.)
The one that is marked "PMA-3" instead of "ПМА-3" is also a different shade of green than the usual color. (It looks faded, but it really is a different color.) The square shape engraved into it is not original. It is something done to it probably by the same person who made all those ugly scratches on it. It also had "inert" stamped onto it in black, which is mostly rubbed off.
I'm interested in any information about these particular mines or the history of PMA-3 mine production.
I have read that the marking "СРБ" (SRB) means that it was made before 1991 in the Slavko Rodić factory in Bugojno, a city in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is all I know about the meaning of the various colors and markings seen here. Can anyone here tell by the markings and colors where and when the other ones were made?
On the top row, the green one on the left and the black one next to it have identical yellow markings. It is hard to see in the picture, but the numbers are the same on those two.
The black one on the top right is different from the other black one because it has a black fuze plug, no yellow printing, and on the inside it is missing the lid on the chamber that would have contained the main charge. It does not look like it ever had this part. They are glued in place, so it would be easy to see if it had been removed. I do not know if this was a wartime production expedient or if the mine was unfinished. It is missing the safety band, so I don't know what color that would have been. (The black one with the green plug has a green safety band.)
The one that is marked "PMA-3" instead of "ПМА-3" is also a different shade of green than the usual color. (It looks faded, but it really is a different color.) The square shape engraved into it is not original. It is something done to it probably by the same person who made all those ugly scratches on it. It also had "inert" stamped onto it in black, which is mostly rubbed off.
I'm interested in any information about these particular mines or the history of PMA-3 mine production.
