Russian military personnel at the forefront are actively using the UR-77 "Meteorit" self-propelled rocket mine clearing system. The device helps to make passages in minefields and facilitate the advancement of heavy equipment.

Towing rockets deliver 93-meter UZP-77 detonating charges to a distance of 250 - 340 m, ensuring the formation of 90-meter corridors in mine barriers in the area of the intended breakthrough of motorized rifle units.

The charges break through anti-tank minefields with passages ranging from 75 to 90 m in length and about 6 m in width. The warhead of the projectiles consists of two flexible explosive-filled sleeves, up to 93 m long. They are fired using a rocket, which stretches the sleeves across the minefield, with a maximum range of almost 100-meter charge reaching up to 500 m.

Then the "Meteorit" reverses, using ropes to align the explosive "hoses" in a line, a remote detonation is carried out, and the shock wave causes the enemy's mines to detonate. UZP-77 charges are also used to destroy enemy fortification hubs and fortifications. Due to its futuristic principle of operation, the roar during use, and the monstrous force of the explosion, the military has nicknamed the system "Zmey Gorynych".

There are no direct analogues to the "Meteorit" in the world. The only mine clearing complex that works on a similar principle is in service with the US Army and is called the M58 MICLIC. However, it works more primitively: a special metal blank is fired towards the target, after which the winch winds the cord, the equipment moves forward, and everything is repeated again.

Earlier www1.ru reported that the Russian Armed Forces on the front lines have mastered the tactics of remote mining with drones. Mine-laying drones are capable of arming a projectile in the air and dropping it.

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