An AMCS MK4 standing strong during US testing.

AARDVARK INCOMING

Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. - Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Flails-a-flying in 2005

A detonation by a Mk 4 at our test site in Rannoch.

A group of Aardvark is called an Armory

An AMCS Mk4 being loaded onto a Ro-Ro ship, destined for mine clearance on the Egyptian border, 2004.

The AARDVARK JSFU MK1 ran from 1982-1988. The tractor running gear was fitted with a track system. The unit was armoured and control cab was placed at the front of the machine.

An AMCS MK4 leaving our facility in Insch, Scotland to serve its purpose.

AMCS MK4 in camouflage paint.

AMCS MKIII DUMFRIES 2018

An Aardvark AMCS demining in the foreground ahead of construction work, Azerbaijan.

An Operator's Manual for the JSFU MKIIIc

An AMCS MK4 on the tilt table during US testing.

The Norwegian People's Aid purchased some used Aardvark JSFUs and had them flown to Angola in C130 aircraft.

The first mechanical flail clearance system was developed for a tank and was first used by the British during World War II. From these systems, Aardvark designed and manufactured the JSFU using modern components and materials.

Site preparation work continues in Fuzuli ahead of the construction of a new international airport. March 2021.

Training continues, despite sub-zero temperatures in Azerbaijan, to certify local demining students in the operation and maintenance of the Aardvark AMCS. Feb 2021.

An Aardvark AMCS clearing mines in Afghanistan

In post-conflict Sarajevo, French mine clearance specialists operate an Aardvark AMCS MK3, built for wide area clearance, adjacent to a Sarajevo International Airport to allow civilian aircraft to land safely.

NPA demining action photo, Angola 2013.

One of the fleet of Aardvark JSFU's deployed with the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina. SFOR was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War.

An Aardvark articulated flail arm demountable on an FV432.

An article detailing the involvement of the Aardvark JSFU in the 1st Gulf War, operation desert Storm, from Sapper Magazine c.Aug 1991.

In the early 90's, Aardvark produced the RACE (Rapid Area Clearance Equipment) A & C - Hydraulic driven flail units. The RACE A was designed to be fitted to an APC and consisted of a flail unit where the rotator split and the unit folded upwards.

In the early 90's, Aardvark produced the RACE (Rapid Area Clearance Equipment) A & C - Hydraulic driven flail units. The RACE A was designed to be fitted to an APC and consisted of a flail unit where the rotator split and the unit folded upwards.

In the early 90's, Aardvark produced the RACE (Rapid Area Clearance Equipment) A & C - Hydraulic driven flail units. The RACE A used an armoured Volvo loader with a fixed rotator flail unit with an external hydraulic power pack placed on the rear of the loader.

In the early 90's, Aardvark produced the RACE (Rapid Area Clearance Equipment) A & C - Hydraulic driven flail units. The RACE C used an armoured Volvo loader with a fixed rotator flail unit with an external hydraulic power pack placed on the rear of the loader.

One of two Aardvark AMCS Mk4 being loaded onto an Antonov cargo plane in Scotland, 2003.

Bagram Airbase - the largest US joint forces base in Afghanistan. Aardvarks were used to clear the land prior to the base being constructed.

Bagram Airbase - the largest US joint forces base in Afghanistan. Aardvarks were used to clear the land prior to the base being constructed.

Afghanistan 1990. An Aardvark JSFU Mk3 and training purchased by the UN as part of an agreement with Afghan Technical Consultants (ATC).

A 'box fresh' MK1c JSFU just delivered to the British Army situated in Kuwait at the outset of Desert Storm, 1991.

77 Armoured Engineer Sqn, Bosnia , 1998

The British MoD clearing mines with a fleet of Aardvark AMCS MK3 in 1991.

AARDVARK AMCS MK4 Clearing minefields in the Jordan Valley, 1994. Note the height and density of the vegetation growth since the minefield was laid.

MK4 in operation with US Army at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, 2005. In one day one machine cleared 308 mines.