Armadillo Landmine Countermeasures System


For safety, productivity and affordability

The patented Armadillo™ Landmine Countermeasures System can survey minefields, clear anti-personnel mines and proof for Quality Assurance faster, safer, simpler than current methods.

Operating more cheaply and with fewer personnel, the Armadillo is ideally suited for demining where productivity and safety are critical, and logistical support is low.
TSI President Dan Wolf with the Armadillo
TSI President Dan Wolf with the Armadillo


The Armadillo is versatile. It is designed to:

  • Conduct rapid minefield surveys
  • Enhance safety for follow-up detection operations
  • Eliminate anti-personnel mines without disturbing anti-tank mines
  • Conduct "blow-in-place" procedures most anywhere

The Armadillo works simply and effectively. It finds and destroys pressure-sensitive anti-personnel mines by pressing on them and detonating them. Meanwhile, it suffers only superficial damage (e.g., burnt paint). And it doesn't weigh enough to detonate most properly functioning anti-tank mines.

A single pass is enough to plot minefield perimeters (a Level II Minefield Survey). Repeated, crisscrossed traverses can accomplish most clearance (a Level III Minefield Survey). Follow-up hand operations with detectors or dogs can be done with much less risk to personnel.

The Armadillo is a small, remotely operated, all-terrain vehicle (dubbed The PathBreaker™ ATT) that pushes a bank of pounding steel disks. Thin, closely packed and independently suspended, the disks follow ground contours precisely (We've named the disk array The Rockweiler™, in honor of the late demining hero, "Rocky" Rockwell.).

The Armadillo comes in two models:

  • The Tractor Model is radio controlled, and its disks pound the ground to penetrate deeper in the ground. A vegetation-clearing attachment will be available
  • The Cable-Operated Version, which costs less, detonates by applying weight alone

Both models can be configured to suit terrains, soils and buyers' needs. Disks may be replaced with harrows and plows to unearth buried objects or to prepare soil for planting crops.

Armadillo detonates a landmine-sized charge in this test
The Armadillo detonates a landmine-sized charge in this test

The Armadillo is rugged. Demining typically goes on in the world's lesser-developed regions. The Armadillo is built to operate in just such areas.

  • It can be used, maintained and repaired cheaply and easily in primitive and demanding conditions
  • Personnel can be trained easily to operate with minimal supervision and support
  • For the first time ever, minefield supervisors can organize workers cost-effectively. They can safely and effectively assign low-cost local workers to conduct most demining, while reassigning scarce skilled personnel to more demanding tasks. The results: Budgets go further and more land returns to use

For more information, contact:

Terra Segura International
1219 23rd Street
San Diego, CA 92102

Tel: (619) 546-0748
Fax: (425) 969-9187

Or email Terra Segura at:

danielwolf@terrasegura.org
Thailand farmers working a mine-free rice paddy
Farmers in Thailand work a mine-free rice paddy