Sappers will soon start demining territories with foreign GCS-200 systems

Sappers will soon start demining territories with foreign GCS-200 systems

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Soon, Ukrainian deminers will begin demining the de-occupied territories with the help of Swiss-German GCS-200 (Global Clearance Solutions) mechanized demining systems.

Ukrainian sappers will demine the de-occupied territories with the help of  foreign GCS-200 systems, the Defense Ministry reports, UNN writes.  

Soon, an engineer battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Support Command will start clearing the de-occupied Ukrainian territories with the help of GCS-200 (Global Clearance Solutions) mechanized demining machines

- the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Details

Reportedly, it is a Swiss-German unmanned multi-purpose platform that is controlled remotely. During demining, mines are detonated or destroyed by a working mechanism that has a number of modifications and is used in accordance with the conditions in which it operates.

As a tracked machine, the GCS-200 is highly maneuverable and can turn in place with a minimum radius of approximately 4 meters.

 "GCS platforms are used in more than 40 countries around the world - they have proven to be a reliable and effective demining tool," the defense ministry said.

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