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Technology Development of Military <strong>Applications</strong> of Unmanned Ground Vehicles 299<br />

3.1 Panther<br />

The M1 Panther II was based on modified hull of M1 Abrams ma<strong>in</strong> battle tank<br />

(Fig. 8a). The vehicle dest<strong>in</strong>ation is breach<strong>in</strong>g m<strong>in</strong>efields <strong>in</strong> combat conditions.<br />

The Panther II is capable to clear 4600 m2 of m<strong>in</strong>efield <strong>in</strong> an hour. Panther II can<br />

be equipped with m<strong>in</strong>e rollers explod<strong>in</strong>g m<strong>in</strong>es without caus<strong>in</strong>g a damage for the<br />

vehicle or m<strong>in</strong>e plough push<strong>in</strong>g m<strong>in</strong>es to the direction of motion. Vehicle can be<br />

operated <strong>in</strong> manned mode and tele-operated. The maximum tele-operation with<br />

us<strong>in</strong>g CCTV control system distance is 780 m. Vehicle is armed with 7.62 mm<br />

mach<strong>in</strong>e gun for self-defense (Military-Today). Summarized technical data of<br />

Panther II UGV are shown <strong>in</strong> Table 1.<br />

Table 1. Panther II technical data<br />

Weight<br />

43700 kg<br />

Length x Width x Height ~8 x ~3.8 x ~1.85 m<br />

Eng<strong>in</strong>e power<br />

1500 hp<br />

Max speed<br />

~72 km/h<br />

Range<br />

~500 km<br />

Gradient/side slope 60/40 %<br />

Vertical step<br />

1.2 m<br />

Trench<br />

2.75 m<br />

Ford<strong>in</strong>g<br />

~1.5m<br />

Mode of operation<br />

Manned, tele-operated<br />

3.2 Dok-Ing<br />

Dok – Ing m<strong>in</strong>e clear<strong>in</strong>g vehicles are tracked, remotely controlled with no visual<br />

sensor feedback from the vehicle (Fig. 8b). Mach<strong>in</strong>es are able to clear antipersonnel<br />

and withstand explosion of anti-tank m<strong>in</strong>es. There are two types of vehicle:<br />

MV-4 and larger MV-10. Platforms could be remotely controlled from an<br />

armored vehicles or from the ground. Smaller mach<strong>in</strong>e can clear house yards,<br />

forest paths, river banks and other types of the terra<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>accessible for larger vehicles.<br />

MV-4 has 944 – 2184 m²/hour m<strong>in</strong>e clear<strong>in</strong>g capacity, MV-10 is able clear<br />

5000 m² per hour.<br />

The MV-10 uses two k<strong>in</strong>ds of equipment: rotat<strong>in</strong>g flail tool for activat<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

anti-personnel and anti-tank m<strong>in</strong>es and rotat<strong>in</strong>g tiller for secondary clearance and<br />

also for ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the digg<strong>in</strong>g depth on a constant level. Both tools can operate<br />

simultaneously or <strong>in</strong>dependently (Dok-Ing). The technical data of Dok-Ing MV-4<br />

and MV-10 are shown <strong>in</strong> Table 2.

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