The M1150 ABV is a hybrid between atankand a harvesting machine, which offers crew safety and vehicle survivability while maintaining the necessary speed and agility to stay in sync with the manoeuvre force. The ABV is in service with the US Army as part of its Heavy Brigade Combat Team. ...
This three-pronged system boasts a mortar launcher mounted on a secure vehicle platform, a high-tech drone-based detection system for pinpoint accuracy, and a specially designed munition to neutralize the mine. Imagine this: a soldier, safely positioned within the armored vehicle, utilizes the ...
Sailing under orders with Minesweeping Unit 1 in early October, she spearheaded the invasion of the PI at Leyte Gulf, successfully clearing Japanese mines off Dinagat and Hibuson, as well as in the Dulag‑Tacloban approach channel and the soon-to-be-infamous Surigao Strait, all while fightin...
With the enemy suppressed, two robotic assault breacher vehicles, or ABV, controlled by a Marine Corps unit began to tackle the obstacles. Both robotic vehicles were controlled from a single command vehicle. The first ABV employed a mine-clearing line charge, clearing a path for the sec...
United States of America (1944-1945) Flail Tank – 2 Built In 1944, the United States Army began testing British-built flail tanks such as the Crab and Scorpion. Mine flails like these consist of a rotating drum connected to a series of chains suspended from the front of the vehicle. ...
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The US Marine Corps recently tested a mine plow prototype on their Assault Breacher Vehicle, nicknamed “The Shredder”, during exercise Steel Knight in December 2017. The ABV conducted its first amphibious landing with a Modified Full Width Mine Plow prototype during the long-range breaching exerci...
when it is desired to clear a mine field or other battle ground containing unexploded ordnance, a tank or other heavy military vehicle equipped with a mine plow or similar ordnance detonating device could be moved over the dangerous ground clearing a path for humans without exposing people to th...
“operational swimmers” of the secretiveOffice of Strategic Services, who are said to have pioneered modern underwater combat. During theKorean War, UDTs undertook their usual reconnaissance and mine-clearing work, but they also extended their missions beyond the beach by disrupting enemy ...
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive and highly reliable anti-vehicle land mine fuze which is resistant to nuclear and chemical explosive mine clearing techniques. It is another object of this invention to provide an electric land mine fuze which has a lon...