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Old 29-03-06, 13:22
Stewart Loy Stewart Loy is offline
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Originally posted by horsa
Hey Stewart, what groups are using the mine clearing device now? Jeep or Weasel version?
David,

Just about every armoured vehicle imaginable has been fitted with some sort of mine clearance gizzmo. These are usually interchangeable, the mine rollers are smallish wheels that are pushed in front of the vehicle to 'proof' a previously cleared road surface.

Surface mine plows scrape the top few inches of earth to toss up lightly entrenched small devices in the path of the mine clearance vehicle. A wedge shape forces the nasty devices to the sides where they can be dealt with by subsequent troops.

Many of the newer tools include some sort of magnetic signature duplicator to activate more sophisticated devices - well in front of the vehicle itself, where the crew is protected from the blast and fragmentation effects.

I could find internet pictures of Bradleys and M113s with these outfits, but no Stryker vehicles - too new I suspect.


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