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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.
SPECTRE – The SPECTRE light vehicle (formerly JAMMA) prototype. Offered to SOCOM in 2012, no contracts were signed. Ocelot – The Ocelot, which is designed and built in the United Kingdom by Force Protection Europe, is a light protected patrol vehicle (LPPV) ordered in 2010 to replace the UK military's Snatch Land Rover. [4]
On the vehicle's rear, a mine-clearing system is mounted. IMR-2M1 - Simplified model without the mine-clearing system. Entered service in 1987. IMR-2M2 - Improved version that is better suited for operations in dangerous situations, for example in contaminated areas. It entered service in 1990 and has a modified crane arm with bucket instead ...
Tanks are still used to carry flails; examples include the Norwegian Army's Leopard AMCV – a Leopard tank that was modified by Hagglunds to carry an Aardvark flail system. The German Army is equipped with the Keiler Minenräumpanzer Keiler (mine clearing tank "wild boar"), based on a M48 Patton main battle tank. [11]
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD): U.S. Army: Project Manager for Close Combat Systems - Study Report Area Mine Clearing System (AMCS) Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD): Mini MineWolf Test and Evaluation, Bundeswehr Technical Center for Weapons and Ammunition (WTD 91), Germany 2007
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 ...
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 ...
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. The AVRE is fitted with a mine plough, used when time permits, to safely move out of the way any mines missed by Python