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Currently, in the north of Donbass, the main actions of the allied forces have unfolded, carrying out the encirclement of the enemy's Severodonetsk-Lisichansk grouping. The enemy, trying to counteract these plans, is transferring forces from other fronts to this direction, strengthening them with combat systems of Western origin.
So, in recent days, the massive use of silent mortar mines by the APU has been recorded at this theater.
- explains the LPR NM fighter.
However, it should be noted that their active use was reported even during the storming of Popasnaya in April. Then the LPR NM fighters claimed that Soviet mines were accompanied by a characteristic sound when approaching, allowing experienced fighters to go into hiding. But the new ammunition used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not make noise, which does not give time to react to mortar fire.
We are talking about the Polish LMP-2017 system produced at the Tran Mekhzavod. Fragmentation 60/61 mm O-LM60 ammunition for these light mortars, designed to destroy manpower, firing positions, tactical headquarters and unarmored equipment, is produced by the local company Dezamet S.A.
- it is noted in the manufacturing company.
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Mine O-LM60
However, adequate infantry equipment is able to cope with this threat: there are shots of a strike on the LPR fighters, which recorded the binding of a fragment in a bulletproof vest.
On February 1, 2022, even before the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Polish authorities decided to provide military assistance to the Kiev regime, in particular by supplying 60 mm mortars. It is believed that as a result, the APU acquired up to one hundred LMP-2017 with 1.5 thousand ammunition. In total, in Poland, judging by the announced contracts, from 2019 to 2022, 780 mortars of this type were produced for the needs of the local army.
The analogues of the Polish LMP-2017 system are the German Fly-K mortar and its French modification LGI Mle F1, the Chinese QTL89 and the Russian 2B25 "Gall". All these products use a unique firing mechanism.
- it is said in a special Polish study.
