The Pentagon returns to the system of remote mining "Volcano"

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The US military is returning the Vulkan remote mining system, which should become an important tool for deterring potential adversaries in Europe.

The Pentagon returns to the system of remote mining "Volcano"
Archival photo: ground-based mining system "Vulkan" on the basis of the track conveyor Bv206.



The Pentagon proposes to upgrade the system and then put it into operation in 2018.

“The Vulcan system is a product of the Cold War, when military strategists thought about mass tank breakouts. The system was in service with American units until the late 1990s of the last century. The main task of this system is to quickly mine the terrain in tank-hazardous areas or in the areas of breakthrough of enemy troops in order to slow down their advance and give their anti-tank units time to deploy, ”explains the Izvestia newspaper.

Mining is done from helicopters or trucks - “in a matter of minutes, create a minefield of the desired configuration, it can be either purely anti-tank or mixed, in order to complicate the task of enemy sappers,” the article says.

In the 21-th century "Volcanoes" went to the warehouses. The only place where they continue to be on duty is the Korean Peninsula, where Pyongyang continues to threaten Seoul with a tank fist.

Now this system should be one of the key elements of the Cross Domain Fires strategy.

“The Vulkan mining system is rapidly becoming a critical component of the complex of the formation of the battlefield,” said the representative of the US Command, Thomas Campbell.

He said that “Volcanoes” will be used “not just to create obstacles for advancing enemy troops, but in order to send them to certain areas where they can strike aviation and artillery. " However, according to him, “Volcanoes” must first be modernized so that “they comply with the requirements of the Convention on the Ban of Anti-Personnel Mines (Ottawa Treaty) and are compatible with those types of vehicles that are currently used by American combat engineers”.

As the editor-in-chief of Arsenal of the Fatherland, Viktor Murakhovsky, noted, “the effectiveness of the minefields established with the help of Volcanoes will greatly depend on what the group has broken through: then such a statement of mines is not a problem - the passages in such a field are made almost without delay, because this is the installation of mines into a bubble, that is, onto the surface of the earth. ”

Land mining system "Volcano" on the basis of the track conveyor Bv206.
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    1. 0
      28 December 2016 10: 22
      If they begin to be massively blown up on their own mines, do not be upset and bring condolences.
      1. +5
        28 December 2016 10: 47
        Unwind the flywheel to the limit, and then think about what to do with it, they themselves will mine.
        1. +13
          28 December 2016 11: 00
          Mattresses are cunning: schaz for the modernization of the "Volcanoes" will demand the dough, saw it, "modernized trash" will be safely shoved to the European "partners" and - in chocolate! laughing
          1. +3
            28 December 2016 11: 21
            Quote: bouncyhunter
            Mattresses are cunning: schaz for the modernization of "Volcanoes" will demand dough, saw it,

            and then there will be a discharge, but the money has already been paid.
            1. +9
              28 December 2016 11: 26
              and then there will be a discharge, but the money has already been paid.

              Exactly ! good Steam engine already - bye bye! lol
              1. +4
                28 December 2016 11: 52
                Great idea! Seeding the Baltics and Poland with "gifts". Let the natives sit at home, write greeting cards to Uncle Sam. As the saying goes: be afraid of mines - don't go to the forest))))
      2. 0
        28 December 2016 22: 54
        No! They are spreading, they will begin to undermine themselves ... But who is to blame for everything ??? ...)))
    2. Caa
      +9
      28 December 2016 10: 22
      How lucky Europe is with the Americans ...
    3. +2
      28 December 2016 10: 24
      Volcanoes need to be upgraded first

      And they will ask for money for this. Another cut.
    4. +1
      28 December 2016 10: 29
      Against the background of their emotions and phobias, they will take mines with a fool, and maps of mine fields will either be forgotten to be made up or lost. Here is an oil painting for Europeans who roam in the border strip.
      1. 0
        28 December 2016 10: 54
        and minefield maps will either be forgotten or lost.

        even if they’re immediately compiled in electronic form, our cyberhackers also need to do something after the elections in Merikosia ...
    5. +8
      28 December 2016 10: 35
      For every cunning star-striped ass, there is a "Serpent Gorynych" hi
      1. +1
        28 December 2016 10: 52
        Really Americans do not know about Gorynycha !! ??
    6. +9
      28 December 2016 10: 45
      We also have just in case ...

      1. 0
        28 December 2016 11: 43
        We won’t fight this apparot
        1. 0
          28 December 2016 14: 00
          Of course, for this there is the Serpent Gorynych and tank trawls (as well as sapper robots)
    7. +5
      28 December 2016 10: 49
      It is strange that they generally removed them from service. A useful thing. We have how many such systems, you’re tired of listing.
    8. +4
      28 December 2016 10: 49
      We have a serpent gorynych on their volcano
    9. 0
      28 December 2016 11: 10
      So it’s right and right for the Europeans to quickly lay mines around the perimeters of refugee camps.
    10. +1
      28 December 2016 11: 19
      Someone once propi @ ​​& ate that mines are the weapons of the poor ... Looks like impoverished America wassat
    11. +2
      28 December 2016 11: 27
      I wonder if they are seriously nervous or another performance on the topic "Give me money"?
    12. cap
      0
      28 December 2016 12: 02

      The Vulcan system is a product of the Cold War, when military strategists were thinking about massive tank breakthroughs.

      Upgraded scrap metal, rupe little thing, five bunch laughing
    13. 0
      28 December 2016 12: 07
      dough will not be measured
    14. 0
      28 December 2016 12: 14
      Urke affairs for a minute.
    15. 0
      28 December 2016 13: 00
      And in the most extreme case - the Galera system, which uses special nuclear charges deepened by several kilometers in a strip from the Baltic to the Mediterranean seas and further ... on oars to the saving continent. :)
    16. 0
      28 December 2016 13: 51
      everything is much more banal than disposing of unnecessary stuff, it’s better to sell it to Europeans)))
    17. 0
      28 December 2016 15: 14
      Where is the info on the shooting range of mines? If in front of the nose, then a useless thing. Or like, hey, don’t step, we haven’t thrown mines in front of our nose?
    18. 0
      28 December 2016 20: 25
      The boys probably do not even suspect the existence of Gorynych. Kindergarten.
    19. 0
      29 December 2016 08: 23
      in the event of a hypothetical conflict between Russia and NATO, mining will greatly complicate the situation for attacking troops
    20. 0
      29 December 2016 08: 35
      Recently, reading comments is not a hunt, they write all sorts of stupidity.
      Quote: RESEARCHER
      If they begin to be massively blown up on their own mines, do not be upset and bring condolences.

      The American army is not the Ukrainian army. Do not think that they are stupid.
      Quote: wagner72
      The boys probably do not even suspect the existence of Gorynych. Kindergarten.

      They are in the know and even probably studied thoroughly https://topwar.ru/105697-pod-palmiroy-v-ruki-boev
      ikov-popal-rossiyskiy-zmey-gorynych.html

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