The use of explosive ordnance such as mines and so-called "booby traps" has been, right up until the present time, a way to effectively restrict enemy movement. The focus of this threat in current German Army foreign operations is the improvised explosive device. The Bundeswehr is therefore continuously adapting methods of clearing explosive ordnance. In 1996-1998 it procured Minenräumpanzer "Keiler" mine-clearing tanks, to present day the German engineer's heaviest tool of trade and currently being upgraded. The most modern mine-clearing system of the Bundeswehr is the "German Route Clearance System" consisting of a TPz 1 "Fuchs" A8A12 protected Operator Team Vehicle, two remote-controlled elements, the Detection Vehicle based on the "Wiesel" 1 and the Manipulator Vehicle "Mini MineWolf" MW240, plus support vehicles. In this publication the "Keiler" and the "Route Clearance System" are described in full for the first time.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Zwilling, R.
Title
Mine-clearing Vehicles from the Keiler to the German Route Clearance System
Details
English and german text, 5 bw- and 1258 colour photographs. 64 pages.
