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The Mini-Flail is a remotely operated, line-of-sight, AP-mine and UXO neutralization system, used in the clearing or proofing of a footpath or small mined areas. It can clear at a rate of 1,200 square meters per hour. The Mini-Fail detonates or disables AP mines from a safe operating distance. The Mini-Flail neutralizes by striking objects with a rotating chain assembly, called a flail, and clears a footpath approximately 1.1 meters wide. The system neutralizes AP mines and UXO by detonation, mechanical destruction, or displacement from the cleared lane. It is fully armored with a steel plate and Spectra, a material similar to KEVLAR, and the tires are filled with foam. The flail is a self-articulating, hydraulically powered shaft with 84 chains; each chain is 0.5 meter long. A remote control unit allows operations of the Mini-Flail from as far away as 1000 meters line of sight. The front of the vehicle is equipped with a rotation cylinder -shaped flail drum with several steel chains attached. When activated and lowered, the drum rotates and allows the chains to strike and detonate mines on the ground. At 2,340 pounds, the Mini-Flail is 50 inches in width and 120 inches in length. When in the clearing mode (flail on and rotating) the Mini-Flail travels at a rate of two and a half (2 ½) miles per hour. With the flail off, the vehicle can travel up to five and one-half (5 ½) miles per hour. The Mini-Flail is easily transportable by light trailers towed by FMTV and by HMMWV. It is also capable of being sling loaded by the UH-60 helicopter.
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