India Unveils Equipment To Mark, Fence Minefields Quicker & Semi-Automatically
A Pune Based RDE lab of DRDO built "Atmanirbharta" product MMME MK II on BEML TATRA 6x6(High Mobility Vehicle) through transfer of Technology.
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India Unveils Equipment To Mark, Fence Minefields Quicker & Semi-Automatically
The first prototype of a mechanical equipment designed for marking and fencing mine fields at a faster rate and semi-automatically with minimal human intervention was rolled out by BEML Ltd on Wednesday. An 'Atmanirbharta' product, the Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment MK II, was built on BEML TATRA 6x6 (a high mobility vehicle) and developed through transfer of technology from Pune-based Research and Development Establishment (Engineers), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). MMME MK II would greatly benefit Indian Army to mark and fence minefields, Bengaluru-headquartered BEML, a company under the Ministry of Defence, said it a statement. "The MK II is designed for marking the mine fields at faster rate, semi-automatically with minimal human intervention," it added. The equipment is capable of marking/fencing at a minimum rate of 1.2 km/hour with inter-picket spacing of 15 metres. The system has capability to place the pickets at 10 35 metr…
