16-tonne mine clearance vehicle developed in Kharkiv
Pravda Ukraine
A new Ukrainian-developed mine clearance machine will be used in Kharkiv Oblast. Its prototype has been tested for four months.
Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration
Quote: “This is the ninth mine clearance vehicle to operate in Kharkiv Oblast. But this is the first one of our Kharkiv production.
Here is more about the technical component: it uses such mechanisms that even if it hits an anti-tank mine and is damaged, it can be quickly restored and any part can be replaced.
The prototype has been tested for four months. So this is the vehicle that has been tested in combat conditions and has disposed of more than 300 anti-personnel mines.”
Details: Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration clarified that the machine operates remotely, at a distance of 300 metres, so that there is no threat of human exposure to explosives.
The total weight of the vehicle is 16 tonnes, and its speed is 3-4 km/h.
In addition, it has four cameras, which helps control the vehicle. It is also capable of defusing 95% of all mines.
“Operator training will take several weeks. And we will immediately send the machine to one of the most contaminated areas,” Syniehubov added.
Background: Ukraine is testing a domestic ST1 mine-clearing drone with a microcomputer on board that processes data and transmits it to bomb disposal experts in real time.
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