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The Aardvark AMCS Mk4 is a British-made mine flail vehicle built by Aardvark Clear Mine Ltd of Dumfries, Scotland.. The AMCS flail system was developed in Aberdeenshire by David Macwatt of Elgin, Scotland and George Sellar & Son of Huntly (system designers were James (Barney) Hepburn, Pat McRobbie and Alistair Birnie) with the cooperation of Ford Motor Co, Basildon.
The Python minefield breaching system is used by the British Army to clear minefields. It replaces the Giant Viper, and has the ability to clear a safe lane in minefields 180–200 m long and 7.3 m wide through which vehicles can pass. A Chieftain AVRE carrying fascines and towing Python on Salisbury Plain.
Hydrema 910 mine clearing vehicle in Afghanistan. Mine flails continue to be used, although their role has changed. During World War II, they were used in combat to clear paths through a defender's minefield during a large-scale assault. The modern equivalents are used both by armies and by non-military organisations engaged in humanitarian ...
Pivoted at the front of the vehicle is a dozer blade that can be used in a V-configuration or as a straight dozer blade. When not required it is raised clear of the ground. [11] On the vehicle's rear, a mine-clearing system is mounted. IMR-2M1 - Simplified model without the mine-clearing system. Entered service in 1987.
Mine-clearing vehicle. Buffalo Explosive Ordnance Disposal version. [74] Aardvark JSFU United Kingdom — Mine flail vehicle. Mk 3 variant in service. [75] [76] Type 84 RDMS China: 14 Air-dispersed anti-tank mine. [28] [43] [77] HIT Al Khalid AVLB Pakistan: 8 Armoured vehicle-launched bridge. Based on Al Khalid tank. [23] [43] [28] M60 AVLB ...
The vehicle, an MT-LB w/ a DKRP-4 mine-clearing charge & 3 OFAB-100-120 as explosive charge, rolled into a UA position w/o driver & was later detonated by UA - @CalibreObscura pic.twitter.com ...
An MCLC detonation in front of two armored vehicles during Exercise Bright Star 2001. A mine-clearing line charge (abbreviated MCLC or MICLIC; pronounced / m ɪ k. l ɪ k / or "mick-lick") is a device used to create a breach in minefields under combat conditions. While there are many types, the basic design is for many explosive charges ...
The M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV) is a U.S. military mine- and explosives-clearing vehicle, based on the M1 Abrams chassis, equipped with a mine plow and line charges. Its first large scale use by the US Marines (USMC) was in the joint ISAF -Afghan Operation Moshtarak in Southern Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan in 2010 against ...