Mechanical Mine Clearance Equipment, which can use chained and fragmenting apparatus developed by Military Factory and Shipyard Management Inc. (Askeri Fabrika ve Tersane İşletme A.Ş/ ASFAT) in cooperation with public and private enterprise, will be exported to Azerbaijan. ASFAT announced that a total of 20 pieces of equipment would be delivered to Azerbaijan.
The system, which can move at four kilometres per hour, can go down to a depth of 25 centimetres and clear a 1.7-meter width of 1 kilometre from mines in 1 hour.
The equipment is designed to neutralize anti-personnel mines while at the same time cleaning up existing vegetation in the field.
The system has hulls and apparatus powered by ballistic armour.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)