Mine Layer

[EODONE]

Here's an old best from any Sapper's past pre 1987 it the Mine Layer Mk3/1 (The Beast) used for laying MK7 Anti Tank Mines any one that ever used my Best REgards John.:tinysmile_cry_t:

 

[Charlie]

Only ever seen one other photo of one of them and it had 6 or so people sitting on the top. What did it take 6 men to do? Were they making the land mines from scratch?

C.

 

[ukblitz]

Trained on the mine plough 1981, a right job to use, a D6 bulldozer towing a 4 tonner, towing the plough, very high and hard work using concrete MK7 in training, Barmine Layer was much better, spent some time laying sand filled cardboard bar mines, and also used some live mines for demolitions, mines areout of date now, they are cut in half and used as framed charges for MOE.:tinysmile_hmm_t:

 

[Richard709]

Only ever used it once that was on a Sqn exercise on Achmar training area just outside of Osnabruck in the late 70's, we had to pull it out of a large hole filled with water as our OC had decided that we should dig in for the week along with all the vehicle's. The Sqn's beast only left camp once or twice a year if that as we used the bar mine layers and ranger most of the time, Don't really remember what all the jobs were on the beast but it was something like.

No 1 removed mine from loading belt onto working platform - from the pulling truck
No2 removed fuze housing cover
No 3 turned fuze over and cracked fuze
No 4 replaced fuze housing cover
No5 tightened fuze cover
No 6 placed mine on laying belt - into the ground

If I am wrong please feel free to correct it. the last and only time I used it was about in about 1979 or 80 as a work up, possibly for the exercise "Crusader 80". When the Sqn put 32,000 mines in the ground, half of which where hand laid in 3 days.

Richard

 

[Charlie]

Heres the other photo i've seen. Sorry it's not bigger.