Mine Sweeper
Mine Sweepers are used by the Imperial Guard and are attached to vehicles. Sometimes they are large flails fixed to drums in front of the vehicle which strike the ground and detonate any nearby mines, others are massive dozer blades or large steel rollers. These often prevent the vehicle of from mounting more conventional dozer blades.[1][2][4] Other Mine Sweepers use an array of remote sensors, signal jammers and similar devices to locate and deactivate mines.[6]
Man-portable mine sweepers, referred to as Sweeper Brooms may also be carried by individual Guardsmen. These are magnetically sensitive wands attached to heavy backpacks and are to utilised locate mines and booby traps, rather than preemptively detonate them.[3] Mine sweepers incorporate a ground-penetrating auspex mounted on the pole to detect metallics or other specific materials. They are powered by a battery cell, carried by the operator on the back in a purpose-made satchel.[5]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 1st Codex), pg. 9
- 2: Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 36
- 3: First and Only (Novel), Part Two, Section Seven
- 4: Only War: Shield of Humanity, pg. 133
- 5: The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book) (2nd Edition), pg. 120
- 6: White Dwarf 116 (UK), pg. 12 — Armoured Vehicles
