Jetstory AEV-18 Mole — Armoured Entrenching and Mine-Laying Vehicle

The Jetstory AEV-18 Mole is a specialist Armoured Engineer Vehicle designed for two specific missions: rapidly excavating fighting positions and shelters for tanks and infantry under combat conditions, and automatically laying or recovering anti-tank mines according to pre-programmed patterns. The high-speed excavation system includes a 3m³ ditching bucket on a hydraulic arm and a high-speed rotary ditcher, enabling the vehicle to excavate a tank hull-down fighting position 12m long and 2.5m deep in 8 minutes. The GEMSS automated mine-laying system can lay 800 M75 anti-tank mines in a programmed pattern over 1 km² in 30 minutes. An electromagnetic mine recovery system can neutralize and retrieve previously laid mines. A front-mounted 4m-wide electromagnetic mine detector provides route clearance. Full CBRN protection. Hull based on IFV-5 chassis. Crew: 4. Weight: 38 tonnes.