Abstract: A mine extractor for removing buried mines having a plurality of leaf springs disposed in parallel side by side relationship and mounted on a common support. The extractor further comprises adjacent auxiliary springs and thereby forming additional batteries, a slide attached to the springs and adapted to slide on its bottom on the ground and/or an apparatus for swinging a beam and the slide with respect to a base to lift the slide from the ground.

Abstract: Vehicle mountable apparatus for clearing mines located on a pavement surface including one or more tensioned elongate members, mounted onto a vehicle travelling along the pavement surface in a travel direction. The tensioned elongate members are operative to engage mines located on the pavement surface in the path of the vehicle so as to propel them away from the vehicle in a direction transverse to the travel direction, thereby clearing a safely traversable path along the pavement surface. Vehicle mountable apparatus for clearing mines buried in a mine field may also be provided in association with the apparatus for clearing mines located on a pavement surface.