Russian troops have started deploying a new kind of tank-targeting "smart mine" never seen on the battlefield before.
The lethal PTKM-1R can launch itself up to 100ft in the air when its target rolls within 100 metres, scan the ground and then fire an explosive at it from above.
Believed to have been introduced to the Russian military in 2020, the mine has been compared to the US Army's M-93 "Hornet" wide-area munition, which uses seismic and acoustic sensors to identify potential targets in the vicinity.
