SOV - KMT-6 (přídavné odminovací zařízení)

KMT-6 (Колейный минный трал КМТ-6)


A trailer-mounted mine clearance device which, when operating, digs mines out in front of the tank tracks and rolls them to the outside of the tank tracks. The KMT-6 can be used in conjunction with the EMT.


The device should be able to be mounted by the tank crew. The deminer is operated by the tank driver. The KMT-6 can be installed on tanks of Soviet and Russian origin, starting with T-54 and ending with T-90. The mine clearers were used in combat, for example, by the Egyptians in crossing the Bar Lev Line during the Jom Kippur War in October 1973.



Technical and tactical data
Total weight: 1,000 kg


Mine clearance width (one KMT-6): 60 cm


Assembly / disassembly time (knife parts): 15-20 minutes / 5-10 minutes


Demining speed: 6 - 14 km/h



Resources
1) Kohoutek, J.: Catalogue of engineer equipment and material EOD, Prague, 2006
2) Колейный минный трал КМТ-6, Сапер
3) Колейный минный трал КМТ-6, ОТЕЧЕСТВЕНАЯ БРОНЕТАНКОВАЯ ТЕХНИКА
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The mechanical deminer KMT-6 is a tank-mounted device designed for plowing track crossings in minefields. To create passages, the mines in front of the tank belts are plowed out of the ground and swept away from the tank belts by inclined deflectors. A winter demining device is attached to the work equipment to create passages in the snow-covered minefields.
The deminer can only be used on tanks that are equipped with bulldozer mounting brackets BTZ-55. The equipment is mounted on the tank by the crew. Mechanization means are not required for assembly, only a crane with a minimum load capacity of 1600 kg is required for handling the pallet on which the pallet is transported/assembled from the vehicle.
The knife parts are lowered into the working position by their own weight and lifted into the transport position by an air lifting device.


General information:
Tank width with deminer: - in transport position: 3380 mm
- in working position: 3670 mm
Total weight including equipment and accessories: 1000 kg.
Weight of deminer with pallet: 1600 kg.

Max. tank pitch with deminer: 23 °
Max. lateral inclination of the tank with deminer: 20 °

Time required for complete assembly of KMT-6 on the tank: 1 - 1.5 hours.
Complete disassembly: 45 - 60 min.

To prevent damage to the blade parts that are in the working position, the deminer must not be used:
- in frozen soil which is frozen to a depth of more than 5 cm,
- in shrubby terrain, in terrain with more stones and other natural or artificial obstacles.
The dismantled deminer - when transporting over longer distances - is transported on the body of a truck with the required load capacity. The deminer is also transported on a 50 t low loader with the tank on which it is mounted.


Source: Technical preparation of engineer troops SVŠT Bratislava 1988
SOV - KMT-6 (přídavné odminovací zařízení) - Popis nožovej časti KMT-6

Popis nožovej časti KMT-6
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Data completion :

The mechanical deminer is controlled by the tank driver.
Description of the deminer :

- Two knife parts- right and left,
- trailer-mounted device,
- air lifting mechanism,
- device for activation of PT mines,
- electrical equipment,
- winter demining device,
- equipment - accessories - spare parts.

Main technical data :

Types of tanks the KMT-6 can be mounted on : T-54M, T-55, T-55A with mounts for BTZ-55.

Type of deminer: track - knife - scraper.


Dimensions in mm:

Length : 1185 ( distance from the front point of the deminer to the front of the tank hull)

Tank width with deminer : 3380 transport position / 3670 working position


Operator : tank crew


Source : Žen-29-11
SOV - KMT-6 (přídavné odminovací zařízení) - T 55A s KMT-6 so zimným odmínovacím zariadením.

T 55A s KMT-6 so zimným odmínovacím zariadením.
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T-55A (039) with mechanical odmínovačom KMT-6 from the arsenal of the ENSAMBLE.
Into the loadout tank jednotiek OF bol zaradený in 1962.


Source : Doležal, Louis, ing, Kroupa Lubomír, ing., CSc - Sapper army HISTORY AND PRESENT - MO ČR, Prague, 2003.
SOV - KMT-6 (přídavné odminovací zařízení) - T-55 s KMT-6.

T-55 s KMT-6.
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