Russian army will receive new remote-controlled mine clearance system UR-07M to replace UR-77 170503.

The new mine clearance system will be mounted on the chassis of infantry armoured vehicle BMP-3. Fitted with an extensive support demining UZP UZP-06-06D, he may create a way through a minefield of an area between 340 and 1,000 m long and tens meters wide. Its new explosive charge is able to destroy all types of mines.

The mine clearance charge is a long cable with explosives. The cable is attached to a launch system over several hundred meters. After firing, the cable and explosive charges fall to the ground, these explode and destroy mines on several meters. In a few seconds a safety corridor is created in a minefield, which allows the soldiers and combat vehicles to cross the field safely. Engineer soldiers need a day to carry out such type of operation, "said an officer who participated in the trials of the new UR-07M.

The independent military expert Alexei Khlopotov explains that the Russian army needs these "dragons" to effectively combat the main passive threat, the minefields.

"This vehicle is necessary for a large high-tech war, when the enemy can install minefields remotely using aviation and artillery. Now this is the best way to quickly clear a field mine, "he says.

Mines clearing charges appeared for the first time in the U.S. Army during World War II. These devices have been actively used in Vietnam and Iraq in 1991. However in 2003, the U.S. military in Iraq had abandoned that type of weapon, although they were part of the offensive troops.

Today, all NATO countries have such vehicles. The first Russian remote-controlled mine clearance vehicle UR-67 was commissioned in 1968, followed by the UR-77 in 1978.