FIELDED NON STANDARD ITEMS

DETECTION EQUIPMENT

VEHICLE MOUNTED MINE DETECTOR

A prototype system using a commercially available metal

detector, two infrared cameras mounted and a paint marking

capability on a remote controlled 5 ton truck was provided to the 16th Engineer Battalion in Bosnia for evaluation.

DOGS

Two mine sniffing dogs have been provided for use by the troops in Bosnia. These dogs were diverted from an ongoing research and development program.

BREACHING EQUIPMENT

FIELD-EXPEDIENT COUNTERMINE SYSTEMS (FCS)

The Field-expedient Countermine System (FCS) is a Marine Corps system which consists of an electronic amplifier and a large coil mounted on the front of an armored vehicle. The coil can be wound in the field and armor protection for the coils is available. The system projects a magnetic field which is intended to initiate magnetic influence fuzed mines before the

vehicle passes over them. This system is in the hands of

soldiers in Bosnia.

CLEARANCE EQUIPMENT

MINI FLAILS

Two prototype mini flails for clearing antipersonnel mines have been fielded for use by U.S. forces in Bosnia. At this time they are the only two in existence. Two additional mini flails are being fabricated by the U.S. Navy Office of Special

Technology.

PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

ARMOR KITS FOR HMMWV

The HMMWV Armor Kit is a retrofittable kit that includes front and rear exterior blast deflectors, interior floor pans for all four positions, armored front and rear seats, tail gate, doors for all positions, and ballistic windshields. The complete kit provides small arms, mine blast and fragment protection and weighs 950 pounds.

ARMOR KITS FOR 5 TON TRUCKS

The 5-Ton Armor Kit consists of external blast deflectors, cab (floor) fragment protection and energy-absorbing seats with four-point personnel restraints. The light kit provides protection from pressure fuzed mines detonated under the front wheels, while the heavy kit includes a centerline blast deflector to protect the crew from command detonated mines detonated under the center of the vehicle.

ITEMS REQUESTED BY USAREUR

The following equipment has been requested by USAREUR in anticipation of the Countermine mission in Bosnia:

BREACHING EQUIPMENT

M1 ROLLERS

An additional quantity of 32 units was initially requested to augment the 12 systems on hand. The requirement has been reduced to 20 systems. 13 units have been delivered to date. The remaining 7 will come from FORSCOM stocks.

M1 ROLLER MOUNTING KITS

These kits are required to mount the mine rollers to the M1 Tank. A quantity of 20 was requested to augment the 12 systems on hand. All mounting kits have been delivered to Germany.

M60 ROLLERS

USAREUR requested 12 Rollers for M60 tanks. These are of a slightly different configuration than the rollers for the M1 tank and can be mounted directly to the M60 tank without a mounting kit. The M60 Rollers will be mounted on remote controlled M60 tanks chassis. They will be used to proof potentially mined areas without exposing the operators to danger from exploding mines. 9 units have been delivered to Germany. 3 Rollers are in transit to Germany.

ANTI MAGNETIC MINE ACTUATING DEVICES (AMMAD)

These are magnetic dogbones which protect the belly of the tank against magnetic influence fuzed mines when used with a mine plow or roller. Dogbones are devices which are suspended between the rollers and between the plows on the Battalion Countermine Sets to activate tilt rod mines. A quantity of 20 was requested. These items were obtained on loan from the Marine Corps and are in transit to Bosnia.

LAUNCHED GRAPNEL HOOK

For dismounted troops, a bullet trap Launched Grapnel Hook (LGH) has been tested and has been accepted for service use. This device can be used to initiated trip wire mines from a

position of concealment.

A limited quantity (180) of these

devices has been delivered to USAREUR for fielding.

FIELD-EXPEDIENT COUNTERMINE SYSTEMS (FCS)

A quantity of 16 was requested to augment the 4 systems already fielded. These systems have been shipped to Fort Belvoir for retrofit before shipment to Bosnia.

CLEARANCE EQUIPMENT

MINE CLEARING ARMOR PROTECTION KITS (MCAP) FOR D-7 DOZERS

17 kits were requested to augment the 5 on hand. 11 systems are now on hand in Germany and an additional 11 are to be delivered from the end of January through June from the contractor.

PROTECTION EQUIPMENT

UP-ARMORED HMMWV

250 Up-Armored HMMWVs have been requested by USAREUR. An existing HMMWV production contract has been modified by the Army to ramp up the production of the Up-Armored HMMWVs for quick delivery to Bosnia beginning in late January 1996.