I-52 Mine layer vehicle

The I-52 is a mine-laying vehicle designed in Ukraine by the Kriukiv Machine-building Works.

I-52
Type	Mine-laying vehicle
Place of origin	Ukraine
Production history
Designer	Kriukiv Machine-building Works
Manufacturer	Kriukiv Machine-building Works
Specifications
Length	7.210m
Width	2.850m
Height	2.200m
Crew	2
Engine	diesel
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational range	500km
Maximum speed	61.5 km

Purpose and composition

The I-52 Mine-laying vehicle is intended for distant antipersonnel and Anti-tank mine laying. The vehicle ensures mine-laying in all weather and climatic conditions, during daylight or at night, in any temperature and on hilly terrain. The I-52 can also deploy mines while moving.

The vehicle includes multipurpose chassis MT-LBU and equipment which consists of:

• mine-laying control panel placed in control compartment;
• container unit for transportation and firing of mines from clusters;
• container unit lifting mechanism from traveling position to fire position;
• container adjusting mechanism;
• container unit traversing mechanism.