I-52 Mine layer vehicle
Mine-laying vehicle
Maximum speed The I-52 is a mine-laying vehicle designed in Ukraine by the Kriukiv Machine-building Works.
Purpose and composition
The I-52 Mine-laying vehicle is intended for distant antipersonnel and Anti-tank mine laying. The vehicle ensures mine-laying in all weather and climatic conditions, during daylight or at night, in any temperature and on hilly terrain. The I-52 can also deploy mines while moving.[1]
The vehicle includes multipurpose chassis MT-LBU and equipment which consists of:
- mine-laying control panel placed in control compartment;
- container unit for transportation and firing of mines from clusters;
- container unit lifting mechanism from traveling position to fire position;
- container adjusting mechanism;
- container unit traversing mechanism.
References
- ^ Jsc "Kcbw" - Mine-Laying Vehicle Archived November 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine