Land Mine Clearing Machine

Design is that it has the same standard quick fit industry fittings which allows it be attached to different commercial machines where appropriate and both the armtrac 400 and 75t 230.

Land mine clearing machine. We work in partnership with the communities we serve. There are several types of mine clearing machines. By employing local men and women we create jobs and help families get back on their feet. Clearing landmines is a painstaking process.

Humanitarian mine action demining to release land containing landmines and minefields safely is guided by imas 08 20. In military operations the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By contrast the goal of humanitarian demining is to remove all of the landmines to a given depth and make the land safe for human use. We use a combination of methods and tools to detect and destroy landmines cluster bombs and other unexploded weapons including manual deminers machinery and mine detection dogs.

Such a device is typically detonated automatically by way of pressure when a target steps on it or drives over it although other detonation mechanisms are also sometimes used. Mechanical demining is guided by imas 09 50 which states that machines used on demining operations can be divided into those designed to detonate potential threats those designed to prepare the ground and those designed to. A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks as they pass over or near it. Developed under the watch of anti landmine group the halo trust this mine munching tank of a machine weighs 30 tons and is capable of chewing through landmine infested soil at an unimaginable rate.

The approach used varies depending on a number of factors including terrain vegetation and the level and type of contamination. Most of our clearance work is done by hand but sometimes the terrain and nature of the debris makes clearing with machines more practical. A smaller version of the strimmer can be attached to the rear backhoe excavator of the. View our mine clearing roller system mine clearance equipment.

Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. New machines are remote controlled which minimizes the risk to personnel. This is careful and painstaking work.