Abstract: Machine gun apparatus for mounting in association with a support element, such as a portion of a hatch assembly of an armored vehicle, wherein the support element has upper and lower sides which respectively correspond to the exterior and the interior of the vehicle, the machine gun apparatus including a machine gun rotatably mounted onto the upper side of the support element; apparatus for operating said machine gun from the upper side of the support element; and apparatus for operating said machine gun from the lower side of the support element.

Abstract: A command hatch assembly for an armored vehicle, the assembly including base apparatus mounted onto an upper portion of the vehicle and having inner and outer portions, the inner portion defining a hatch opening; a hatch cover associated with the hatch opening; apparatus for mounting the hatch cover onto the outer portion of the base apparatus and enabling rotation of the hatch cover between first and second extreme positions, the hatch cover closing the hatch opening when in the first extreme position, and resting on an adjacent portion of the upper portion of the vehicle when in the second extreme position; and apparatus for permitting relative rotation between the inner portion of the base apparatus and the hatch cover when the hatch cover is not in the first extreme position.

Abstract: Mine clearing apparatus for attachment to a vehicle and comprising a frame mountable onto a vehicle for selectable positioning in a raised or lowered orientation; apparatus mounted onto the frame for raising and shunting aside mines including a plow section, the plow section defining a plurality of plow teeth which, in operation, extend below the ground surface, and conveyer apparatus extending along the length of the plow section and adapted to convey the contents of the earth raised by the plow section to one side of the vehicle.

Abstract: Mine clearing apparatus for attachment to a vehicle and comprising a frame mountable onto a vehicle for selectable positioning in a raised or lowered orientation; apparatus mounted onto the frame for raising and shunting aside mines; and apparatus operable from inside the vehicle for automatically raising the plow from its lowered orientation to its raised orientation independently of vehicle movement. The frame may include angled side portions mountable onto the vehicle and having a profile complementary to that of the vehicle and the apparatus for raising and shunting aside mines includes a pair of angled arms having a profile complementary to that of the frame and the vehicle.

Abstract: Mine clearing apparatus for attachment to a vehicle and comprising a frame mountable onto a vehicle for selectable positioning in a raised or lowered orientation; apparatus mounted onto the frame for raising and shunting aside mines; and apparatus operable from inside the vehicle for automatically raising the plow from its lowered orientation to its raised orientation.

Abstract: Apparatus for clearing mines comprising a frame mountable onto a vehicle for selectable positioning in a raised or lowered orientation, plow apparatus for raising and shunting aside mines mounted onto the frame and apparatus for automatically raising the plow from its lowered orientation to its raised orientation in response to backwards motion of the vehicle and including mounting apparatus rotatably mounted onto the vehicle, spring supporting apparatus mounted onto the mounting apparatus and attached to the plow apparatus; and tooth apparatus fixed onto the mounting apparatus and arranged for selectable engagement with a vehicle tread, the spring supporting apparatus being operative when the plow is in its lowered orientation to urge the tooth apparatus into driven engagement with the vehicle tread whereby during backwards movement of the vehicle the mounting apparatus rotates in a first direction, thereby extending the length of the spring supporting apparatus, and increasing the spring force thereof until

Abstract: Mine clearing apparatus for attachment to a vehicle comprising a frame mountable onto a vehicle for selectable positioning in a raised or lowered orientation; apparatus for raising and shunting aside mines mounted onto the frame; and apparatus for selectably retaining the frame in a raised orientation and comprising control apparatus operable from inside the vehicle for releasing the frame from the raised orientation and allowing it to assume the lowered orientation.