Resistance To Antitank Mines
The design and the armoring of the DIGGER D-3 have been developed to withstand to antitank mines detonations.
The survivability of the machine has been tested in Sweden with 8 kg TNT antitank mines. During these tests, the vehicle was not damaged; however the tools (flail and tiller) were not repairable in the field.
Following this experience, the design of the tools has been improved. The new generation of tiller has been tested in real conditions in Croatia, with an antitank mine detonation of 6 kg TNT. The explosion has slightly damaged the tiller tool; indeed it was easily repairable on the field. The good results obtained in Croatia have shown the good quality and survivability of this new generation of tiller tool.
The risk with antitank mines remains important for the digging tool, even for machines much larger than the DIGGER D-3. It is important to know that you should never operate with any kind of machines in antitank minefields, because each explosion of this kind of mine reduces the life of the machines.
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Famous quotes containing the words resistance to, resistance and/or mines:
“You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
“The free man is a warrior.—How is freedom measured among individuals, among peoples? According to the resistance that must be overcome, according to the trouble it takes to stay on top. The highest type of free man must be sought where the highest resistance is constantly overcome: five steps away from tyranny, close to the threshold of the danger of servitude.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The humblest observer who goes to the mines sees and says that gold-digging is of the character of a lottery; the gold thus obtained is not the same thing with the wages of honest toil. But, practically, he forgets what he has seen, for he has seen only the fact, not the principle, and goes into trade there, that is, buys a ticket in what commonly proves another lottery, where the fact is not so obvious.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)