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The solution for a difficult task: The MCC Mine Clearance Cultivator.
If the operation shows the expected positive results the machine
is supposed to be shipped to Afghanistan. |
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For a detailed view click here.
MgM MCC operations areas |
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The task: The AT-minebelts laid in the so called ‘Shanas‘
will be the operational area for the MCC. Plains of baked sand which
transform into shallow lakes during rainy season. Note: every stick
marks a mine. |
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MCC harvests AT mines in Xangongo
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The Evaluation of a new mine clearance technology has become part of
MgMs operations in the postwar Angola. The close cooperation between the
German charity and the American Government (US DoD, NVESD) includes one
more time the testing of a prototype demining tool. The deployment into
a real mine infested aera will show the capacity - and the limitations
- of the concept as well as the design. A very important aim of the complex
testing is to develop appropriate procedures and security guide lines
for the new machinery which is supposed to be deployed worldwide. The
project has a running time of 15 month. Ops area are the AT-minebelts
around the city of Xangongo, Angola. Years ago during the civil war the
area has been demined already in a way which is today considered as insufficient.
So the test of the MCC is a necessary re-check of a demined area at the
same time.
See
the picture gallery of the initial tests
A short description of the MCC
The MCC (Mine Clearance Cultivator) is build to perform wide area mine
clearance to remove AT (and some AP) mines from the soil. The MCC works
on the principle of a cultivator and potato harvester. A heavy tine attachment
is fitted which rips open the ground in front of the machine and lifts
out AT mines and discharges them to the side of the machine for de-arming
and disposal using normal Demining techniques.
click
here for more technical details (pdf, 120kB)
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