PFM-1

The waQment PFM-1 is an inert training replica of the Soviet-designed PFM-1 anti-personnel mine, commonly known as the Butterfly Mine. Its distinctive shape and compact size make it an important recognition target in mine-awareness training, particularly in environments affected by Soviet-origin explosive hazards.

Designed for Realistic Training

Effective mine-awareness training requires personnel to recognise potential explosive threats while conducting other operational activities, rather than exclusively during dedicated identification exercises.

The waQment PFM-1 enables instructors to recreate the visual characteristics of scattered mine contamination across controlled training environments.

Its compact design and scalable production make it particularly suitable for exercises requiring large quantities of replicas.

Key Features

• Realistic appearance: Reproduces the distinctive external shape of the PFM-1.

• Fully inert: Contains no explosive, pyrotechnic or functional mine components.

• Durable construction: 3D-printed for repeated handling and field training.

• Scalable production: Suitable for exercises requiring large quantities of training replicas.

• Manufactured in Denmark: Produced through waQment's Danish manufacturing capabilities.

Operational Relevance

The PFM-1 has been encountered in numerous conflicts, including Afghanistan and Ukraine. Its small size and unusual butterfly-like appearance make it particularly relevant to explosive-hazard recognition.

Unlike conventionally emplaced anti-personnel mines, the PFM-1 is a scatterable mine designed to be dispersed over an area using specialised delivery systems.

The resulting contamination can involve numerous individual mines rather than a clearly identifiable, manually established minefield.

How to Implement

The original PFM-1 is designed for remote dispersal using aircraft, rockets or ground-based delivery systems. A standard KSF-1 cassette contains 72 PFM-1 mines, although quantities vary between delivery systems and mine variants.

The waQment PFM-1 replica allows instructors to simulate the dispersed nature of these threats by distributing multiple inert replicas throughout designated training environments.

Unlike manually emplaced mines, the PFM-1 is particularly relevant for exercises representing scattered mine contamination, where numerous individual hazards may be encountered across an area.

The replica is fully inert and intended exclusively for visual recognition, mine-awareness training and the practice of established safety procedures.

Train with realism. Train at scale.