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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 ...
An M60 Panther MCDV armored mine-clearing vehicle prepares to lead a convoy down a road in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 16 May 1996. Note the M728 in the background. Note the M728 in the background. US Army M728A1s were deployed in support of the United Nations' Resolution, NATO led Implementation Force (IFOR) peacekeeping force in the former ...
The first appearance of such vehicles coincided with the appearance of the first tanks, these vehicles were modified Mark V tanks for bridging and mine clearance. Modern military engineering vehicles are expected to fulfill numerous roles such as; bulldozer , crane , grader , excavator , dump truck , breaching vehicle, bridging vehicle ...
A US Army Panther mine-clearing variant of the M60 Patton tank. It is fitted with mine rollers and operated by remote control. A mine roller or mine trawl is a demining device mounted on a tank or armoured personnel carrier, designed to detonate anti-tank mines. It allows engineers to clear a lane through a minefield which is protected by enemy ...
M1 Mine Clearing Roller System (MCRS) (LIN M18157): The MCRS is installed on the front of the tank through a removable adapter, [161] and provides the capability for neutralization of Anti-Tank (AT) land mines, which are buried or laid on the surface, in the track path of the vehicle.
35th Marine Brigade sapper clearing a mine field in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on July 11, 2023. Note the Black Widow anti-personnel mine in foreground. Anadolu Agency - Getty Images
M1 Abrams Block III Tank Test Bed (M1 TTB) was a prototype built in 1983 as part of TACOM's Abrams Block III program (whose purview was to eventually create the M1A3), featuring an unmanned turret with a 44-caliber 120 mm M256 smoothbore gun, three crew members sitting side by side inside an armored capsule at the front of the hull and a suite ...
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