Out of all of the weapons employed on the fields of modern warfare, landmines are some of the most consistently concerning. With only a bit of preparation, an enemy force can pepper a battlefield with ...
A robotic Assault Breacher Vehicle cleared mines during a 2022 combined arms breach exercise at Yakima Training Center in Washington state. (Jen Judson/Staff) The challenges faced by combat engineers ...
First used in Afghanistan in 2009, the Assault Breacher Vehicle fights explosives with explosives by firing a mine-clearing line charge (MCLIC) filled with C4 up to 150 yards forward. This enables US ...