Mine plow

A mine plow is a mine clearance, land mines themselves not defused or destroyed, but only pushes it to the side. The use of the mine plow allows rapid advance through enemy minefields.

History

For the first time Minenpflüge were used towards the end of World War I in 1918, corresponding rake blades were mounted on Renault FT -17 tank. The first documented use of mine was plowing were placed in the Second World War, when during Operation Neptune " Bullhorn " Minenpflüge at British Churchill tanks of the 79th British Armoured Division ( Hobart's Funnies ).

Description

There are basically two types of mine plows:

  • Two separate Minenpflüge, the only free the lane of mines on the width of the chains of the carrier vehicle.
  • Cuneiform Minenpflüge which, like a snow plow, have two slanted rake blades which are connected to each other in front of a wedge.

In particular, the initial concept was in the armies of the former Warsaw Pact dissemination. The advantages of this system are the lower cost and the fact that it can be attached to almost all tracked vehicles in front. The disadvantage of this system is that following vehicles just need to keep the lane of the reamer, because only the lane of -clearing vehicle is even processed.

Minenpflüge not work perfectly, because some mines do not detonate and damage the mechanics or only slightly. Consequently, a manual Nachräumung is still required before the release of a site. In addition, anchored in the ground or deep- laid mines remain intact and damage the carrier vehicle of the mine plow in the sequence.

Use

  • KMT Series: mine plow the Warsaw Pact, which can for example be attached to T- 55, T -64, T-72 and T -80 tanks.
  • Ramta TWMP: mine plow from an Israeli production that is used in the Australian and Danish Leopard 1 tanks and on the U.S. M1 Abrams.

Gallery

Australian Leopard AS1 with mine plow

M728 CEV with cuneiform Minenräumschild

T- 55AM2 with mine-clearing type KMT

T-64 T-80
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