Specialists of Engineer Troops deploy Vepr BMR-3M to clear farmlands of Donetsk People's Republic from explosive hazards

Specialists of Engineer Troops deploy Vepr BMR-3M to clear farmlands of Donetsk People’s Republic from explosive hazards The main task of the Vepr BMR-3M is to make paths through minefields. After passing, the vehicle leaves a line four metres wide, which is necessary for safe movement of tracked hardware and motor vehicles. After the Vepr BMR-3M passes, EOD specialists move out with probing rods and hand-held mine-detectors to dispose of explosive ordnance in the area. If the located explosive hazards that cannot be extracted, they are destroyed on the spot by pressure charges. ’An anti-personnel minefield was set up here. The vehicle drove in and marked the borders of the minefield. We continued to work in this direction, we already knew where the borders were,’ said EOD section leader with the call sign ’Fortuna’. Russian Defence Ministry Source: MoD Russia