DEU

Mine Clearance Vehicles

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Basic Information

Name

DEU

Designation

DEU

Alternate Designation

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Equipment Type

Mine Clearance Vehicles

Manufacturer

Rheinmetall Defence

Date of Introduction

2013

Description

The German Army DEU is a robotized variant of the Wiesel 1 lightweight tracked vehicle developed to serve as a mine clearance vehicle operated remotely by a crew inside a modified Fuchs 1A8 wheeled armored vehicle. The DEU vehicle is fitted with a dual sensor with ground penetrating radar and metal detector to localize buried landmines and improvised explosive devices (IED) on-road and off-road. The system relies on modified Fuchs 1A8 vehicles operating as mobile command posts. Both command vehicles and robotized Wiesel vehicles are transported by Multi FSA trucks from Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). The DEU route clearance system was first ordered by the German Army in 2011 and a second order was awarded to Rheinmetall in 2019.

Ground Specifications

Crew 0

Mobility Type Tracked

Overview (Deagel)

Group Mine Clearance Vehicles

Status Active

Origin Germany

Contractor Rheinmetall Defence

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) 2013

Total Production ?

Specifications (Deagel)

Crew 0

Variants

Variant 1 Wiesel

Variant 2 PRIMUS

Variant 3 DEU

Details

Country of Origin Germany

Sources

deagel.com: https://www.deagel.com/x/x/a000449

Classification

Domain

Ground

Equipment Status

Active

Operators (1)

Germany

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