BAOR convoy

[Rick W]

Couple of pics found. BAOR convoy in Germany. Id's please.

 

 

And name that minesweeper.

[AndyFowler]

Couple of pics found. BAOR convoy in Germany. Id's please.

 

 

And name that minesweeper.

 

I think I'd name the minesweeper "SODTHAT" !:-D

[Rick W]

Or.."Is this how you start it?"

[Richard Farrant]

I reckon the officer is thinking that he has seen bigger chains on a water closet.

 

 

It looks like a CAT D6C

[Tony B]

Wallkies!!

[Degsy]

Looks a bit of a lash up, about as much use as a chocolate fire guard:rofl:

[abn deuce]

Seems one of the H and S types has just found rover's deposit . No sign of any drive for the flail and no blast shield for the engine seems only half of the chain's as skinny as they are are present .

[les freathy]

Rick, the car is a bit of a weirdo i would think of German origen this is followed by a Ford WOT 15cwt and Diamond T 980 or 981 towing a Dyson 40 ton trailer, i cant make out the tracked vehicle on the back as it has a cover over it

[gritineye]

The inventor/sales man is a bit embarrassed, he is pretending he has trod in summat!

[Richard Farrant]

Rick, the car is a bit of a weirdo i would think of German origen

 

Les,

 

It looks like an Opel Kapitan staff car

[Degsy]

Les,

 

It looks like an Opel Kapitan staff car

 

Thanks for that Richard, I suspected Opel but wasn't sure enough to post, at first glance it looks a bit like the old Humber Super Snipe.

[Guest catweazle (Banned Member)]

Thanks for that Richard, I suspected Opel but wasn't sure enough to post, at first glance it looks a bit like the old Humber Super Snipe.

Thats whot i thought.:-D

[ArtistsRifles]

I reckon the officer is thinking that he has seen bigger chains on a water closet.

 

 

It looks like a CAT D6C

 

Given some of the orificers I've come across in days gone by - he could well be thinking that it IS the Water Closet!!!!!

[Adam Elsdon]

This is made just up the road from me by a company called Aardvark Clear Mine, its a JSFU (Joint Service Flail Unit) Mk 4. Looks alot more useful than the bog chain Caterpillar!

 

This is their own description:

 

The Aardvark flail has proven extremely useful in post conflict clearance. It has been involved in operations for the United Nations and has operated in commercial clearance jobs in various countries around the world. Aardvark machines have recently been used by the British, Canadian and French forces in Bosnia, by humanitarian mine clearance agencies in Angola and Mozambique, and for a millennium mine clearance project in the Jordan Valley. Following a worldwide bid and trials, the Mk4 was chosen as the preferred vehicle to clear landmines in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea. It is also being operated in Afghanistan as the preferred mechanical clearance system for the American Forces. Over 220 Aardvarks have been purchased by and/or used in 26 different countries. Customers include the armies of the UK, USA, Canada, France, Norway, Italy, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, Mozambique, Iran, Libya, Ireland, and Korea.

[Adam Elsdon]

Just found this bit, pretty impressive, better than manually prodding the ground with a spike to find a mine, infact it would make an excellent piece of gardening equipment! :-

 

Aardvark landmine clearance machines which will not only clear the mines, but will also clear surface scrub and vegetation up to 3 metres high, trees with a trunk diameter of 15 centimetres, and booby traps and trip wires. Trees and vegetation are reduced to a mulch leaving a level clear area which can easily be checked by sifters or hand teams if required, and quickly recultivated.

To be effective, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines are laid just below ground level, but wind, rain and floods may move or bury these mines to a greater depth, and thus it is essential that mechanical clearance machines are capable of varying their clearance depth. All Aardvark machines are capable of this. A new operator’s computerised control system allows the depth to be set, and the vehicle then automatically travels at the correct speed to maintain that depth. The slower the forward speed the greater the depth to which the flail can dig, up to a maximum of 580 millimetres.

To ensure maximum percentage clearance, every piece of ground covered by an Aardvark machine is struck at least twice with a force of approximately 4 tons, and an automatic contouring device ensures that the flail is in contact with the ground at all times.