International Mine Action Standards

  • IMAS 09.50 Mechanical Demining (Ed. 1) 
    available on the Mine Action Standards website PDF 93KB
  • IMAS 03.40 Test and Evaluation (Ed. 1) Amendments 1, 2 & 3
    available on the Mine Action Standards website PDF 192KB
  • IMAS 09.51 Machine Operators Safety Specifications (to be published)
  • IMAS 09.52 Application of Demining Machines (to be published)
  • IMAS 09.53 QA/QC of Mechanical Demining (to be published)

GICHD Publications and Articles

CEN Workshop Agreements

Other Publications related to Mechanical Demining

  • Aardvark Mark IV Joint Services Flail Unit (MKIV) - Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website 
  • Afghanistan - Final report (summary) for humanitarian mine clearance equipment under the research project for developing mine clearance related equipment in Afghanistan, 2005, Japan International Cooperation System (JICS)
    available on the MINEACTION.ORG website PDF 2.4MB
  • All-Purpose Remote Transport System (ARTS) - Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
  • Backhoe, Improved – Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • BDM48 - Deployment and Monitoring – Thailand, 2002, Canadian International Demining Corps
    available on the DRDC website PDF 307KB
  • Beaver - Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • Croatia - International Humanitarian Demining Symposium 2005 Use and Testing of Demining Machines, Nikola Pavkovic - Center for Testing Development and Training (HCR-CTRO)
    available on the CTRO website PDF 9MB
  • Croatia - International Humanitarian Demining Symposium 2005 Use and Testing of Demining Machines, Nikola Pavkovic - Center for Testing Development and Training (HCR-CTRO)
    available on the ITEP website PDF 235MB
  • 1/T Deep Mine Clearance Machine - Verification of Mine Clearance Vehicle , 2003, FMV, Scandinavian Demining Group (SDG)
    available on the ITEP website PDF 557KB
  • Digger D-1, Vegetation Clearance Equipment: Huge Potential in Productivity Improvement, Journal of Mine Action, Issue 7.3, December 2003
    available on the MAIC website
  • Digger D-2, Pre-Trial Assessment (PTA) of Digger D-2, Switzerland, October 2006
    PTA Report
    available on the ITEP website PDF 2.3MB
  • Freeland 3000 – FREELAND 3000, Pre-Trial Assessment (PTA) of Freeland 3000, SWEDEC, August 2008
    PTA Report
    available on the ITEP website PDF 70KB
  • Freeland 3000 – FREELAND 3000, Test and Evaluation of the Freeland 3000, SWEDEC, September 2008
    Test Report
    available on the ITEP website PDF 1.8MB
  • IARP International Workshop on Robotics and Mechanical Assistance in Humanitarian Demining (HUDEM2005 Proceedings), IARP/JST
    availalbe on the ITEP website PDF 10.2MB
  • Mantis -  Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • MgM Rotar System, a New Path in Humanitarian Demining, 1999, H. Bach, GICHD
    available on the ITEP website PDF 383KB
  • Mine Clearing Cultivator/Mine Clearing Sifter – Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • MineWolf Flail and Tiller Machines: Testing the Difference Between Two Demining Technologies, 2006, H. Rath, D. Schroder, Journal of Mine Action, Issue 10.2, Winter 2006
    available on the JMU website
  • MineWolf - Testing of the demining machine, 2005,  I. Steker, Croatian Mine Action Centre / Testing, Development and Training Centre (Republic of Croatia)
    available on the ITEP website PDF 3.5MB
  • Mini MineWolf demining machine testing report, I. Steker, Croatian Mine Action Centre / Testing, Development and Training Centre (Republic of Croatia)
    available on the MINEWOLF website PDF 1.3MB 
  • MV-10 - Testing of the demining machine, 2005,  I. Steker, Croatian Mine Action Centre / Testing, Development and Training Centre (Republic of Croatia)
    available on the ITEP website PDF 6.9MB
  • MV-10 – Test and Evaluation Report for DOK-ING MV-10, SWEDEC 2008
    available on the ITEP website PDF 1.8MB
  • Test Report Executive Summary
    available on the ITEP website PDF 67KB
  • MV 20 - Testing of the demining machine, 2006,  I. Steker, Croatian Mine Action Centre / Testing, Development and Training Centre (Republic of Croatia)
    available on the ITEP website PDF 5.8MB
  • Orbit Sifting and Rock Crushing Technologies – Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • Peco Tracked Brush Blazer - Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • Rhino Earth Tiller - Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • Rotary Mine Comb - Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • Scanjack - Performance Test of Demining Machines Performed by SWEDEC, 2001, SWEDEC, Scandinavian Demining Group (SDG)
    available on the ITEP website PDF 1.8MB
  • SDTT Segmented Roller - Field testing, 2003, G.G. Coley, Defence R&D Canada – Suffield
    available on the DRDC website PDF 10.6MB
  • Severe Duty Vegetation Shredder – Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • Sifting Excavator - Report - United States Department of Defence. Humanitarian Demining Demining R&D Programme
    available on the United States Department of Defence website
  • Tempest - DTW Tempest Ground Engaging Flail Test and Evaluation, Defence R&D Canada, W.C. Roberts and D.J. Roseveare, Technical Report, DRDC Suffield TR 2007-292, December 2007.
    available on the ITEP website PDF 3.9MB
  • Unravelling flail-buried mine interaction in mine neutralization, V.S. Shankhla 2000, Defence Research Establishment Suffield PDF 643KB
  • ZEUS-1 - Testing of the Demining Machine (summary), 2004, Croatian Mine Action Centre - Centre for Testing, Development and Training (CTDT/CTRO)
    available on the ITEP website PDF 256KB

Reference Documents to the GICHD Publication, A Guide to Road Clearance

UNMAS/GICHD Mine Action Technology Workshop 2008