A mine roller or mine trawl is a demining device mounted on a tank or armoured personnel carrier, designed to detonate anti-tank mines. It allows engineers to clear a lane through a minefield which is protected by enemy fire.

The Light Weight Mine Roller (LWMR) protects vehicles from buried mines and pressure initiated explosive devices by using roller gangs, which follow the ground over undulating terrain, to apply pressure to the ground ahead of the host vehicle to detonate a threat

Light Weight Mine Roller (LWMR) The LWMR is primarily designed to protect an individual vehicle from buried mines and pressure initiated explosive devices. Typically used on Medium and Light Weight Combat Vehicles, the LWMR is used to detonate and neutralise mines and buried pressure activated explosive devices ahead of the host vehicle.

2011年7月7日 · The Mine Clearing Roller System (MCRS) consists of two sets of five large, heavy rollers which, like mine plows, are fitted to the front of each of a tank's tracks.

2011年1月3日 · The new roller, called the Self-Protection Adaptive Roller Kit System II (SPARKS II), is a part of an integrated family of equipment that allows servicemembers to adapt to changing...

2011年1月7日 · The U.S. military is fielding new mine roller technology expected to provide even more protection from improvised explosive devices. The new roller, called the Self-Protection Adaptive Roller Kit System II, is a part of an integrated family of equipment that allows servicemembers to adapt to changing IED threats.

2011年12月13日 · Bacon helps coalition forces in Afghanistan install mine rollers on the front of tactical vehicles.

M1 mine-clearing roller system (MCRS): Installed on the front of the tank through a removable adapter, it provides the capability for neutralization of anti-tank (AT) land mines, which are buried or laid on the surface, in the track path of the vehicle. The MCRS consists of two roller banks with two push-arm assemblies.

2021年4月6日 · As I understand it, mine rollers and plows are both used by modern militaries for similar purposes. How do they compare to each other in practice? Why would a military choose one over the other?

2014年2月6日 · In six months, AMRDEC's Protoype Integration Facility developed an uprade to transport the MINOTAUR, a robotically-controlled mine roller vehicle employed to protect war fighters from improvised...