I-52 Mine layer vehicle

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The I-52 is a mine-laying vehicle designed in Ukraine by the Kriukiv Machine-building Works.

Purpose and composition[]

The I-52 Mine-laying vehicle is intended for distant antipersonnel and Anti-tank mine laying. The vehicle ensures mine-laying in all weather and climatic conditions, during daylight or at night, in any temperature and on hilly terrain. The I-52 can also deploy mines while moving.^[1]

The vehicle includes multipurpose chassis MT-LBU and equipment which consists of:

• mine-laying control panel placed in control compartment;
• container unit for transportation and firing of mines from clusters;
• container unit lifting mechanism from traveling position to fire position;
• container adjusting mechanism;
• container unit traversing mechanism.

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