NEWSLETTER
Issue 1 – 2013
INTRODUCTION
This is the first ever issue of the
Armtrac Ltd Newsletter which we
intend to publish twice a year. It is
intended to cover key business issues
and new events to allow our existing
and potential customers to keep
abreast of our products and direction.
Our principal achievement during the
last year was to gain our ISO 9001
accreditation which will open new
markets and ensure a total customer
focus within the business. We now
operate a thoroughly comprehensive
ARMTRAC 20 – ROBOT
This year has seen the launch of the
Armtrac 20 Robot series; a remote
controlled general purpose Unmanned
Ground Vehicle designed to undertake
high risk operations in hazardous
environments, including the removal
and clearance of Explosive Ordnance,
UXO and other explosive threats. Ideal
for technical survey, updating threat
assessments and reaching difficult
wooded and jungle areas that larger
machines cannot access, these robots
Quality Management System and
employ the principals of ISO 9001 in
the field as well. Our core business
remains the manufacture of quality,
safe, trusted and operational value
for money mechanical equipment to
counter the threat from the
complete spectrum of Explosive
Ordnance including landmines,
Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)
and Unexploded Explosive Ordnance
(UXO).
Our core objectives are:
come on a wheeled (A20) or a
tracked (A20T) chassis. Customers
can select a number of primary tools
to meet their specific threats taking
into account geographical and
topographical requirements. These
are supported by a number of
fundamental secondary tools such as
CCTV and GPS and a number of
optional toolkits. Powered by a small
petrol or diesel engine allowing it to
travel up to 25 KPH for several hours,
the Armtrac 20 has the ability to
support dismounted patrols in rural
C-IED operations and therefore we
are looking further afield to develop
this as a search, detect, confirm and
destroy platform by including more
sophisticated detection tools.
Overall, the Robot 20 series are
highly efficient, versatile and
compact Robots which are
considerably smaller than all our
other machines. Thus they are
cheaper to run, easier to maintain
To keep the price as low as
practically possible to remain
highly competitive without
compromising on quality, safety
or trust.
To keep the customer
completely satisfied which we
do by maintaining a close and
transparent relationship with
the client and sending an
engineer to support our
equipment in the field.
and can be transported on standard
trailers. The Robot 20T is also an
ideal platform for cutting vegetation
in restricted jungle and bush areas
in support of demining and other EO
operations. Given the broad range
of threats and geographical
requirements around the world,
Armtrac retains the flexibility to
design and build for each customer’s
bespoke requirements in line with
our core objectives.
NEW ARMTRAC 100-350s FOR CHAD
In early December 2012, the first of
potentially two new Armtrac 100-350s
left the Workshop on its way to Chad.
The machine will arrive in the New Year
to be employed in support of MAG
operations in the northwest Tibesti
Region prior to the north eastern task
being recommenced. In early 2011 it
became apparent that a mechanical
mine clearance machine was required
for Chad. The conditions of deep,
continuously moving sand meant that
mines could be found as deep as 3m
below the original surface. The decision
on the most suitable machine was to be
made on Ability Manoeuvrability and
ARMTRAC 75T-230 AND MINECOMB GETS TESTED AT NVESD FORT BELVOIR
At Armtrac we believe that the
machines we manufacture “must do
what they say on the can”. Although
the Armtrac 75T-230 has already been
put through its paces at CROMAC and
has been accredited for use in
humanitarian demining, there was an
opportunity to have it tested together
with our innovative Minecomb system
at the Night Vision and Electronic
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Cost. Although there were several
machines with the ability to undertake
the task, the requirement was made
more complex by the remoteness of
the northeast Fada region. The
requirement was to move the
Sensors Directorate (NVESD) as well.
A new Armtrac 75T-230 was shipped
to Fort Belvoir, Virginia in the
summer of 2012 to undergo their
rigorous testing regime. The
Armtrac 100-350 has already
undergone NVESD testing which
allowed us to make improvements to
the tractor and tools following their
findings.
A remote Armtrac 75T was deployed
for Phase 2 Land Release Operations
in the Falkland Islands in 2012 and it
has returned there for Phase 3 this
month. Working in some of the
toughest peat terrain in the world, it
successfully conducted Technical
Survey (TS) in and around minefields
behind the Stanley Common Fence
just south of the island’s capital.
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machine easily across very difficult
terrain & the wheeled Armtrac 100-
350 was ideal for this. Finally there
was the cost. The Japanese Grass
Roots Scheme (used to part
purchase the machine with the
assistance of the UNDP) determined
a rough price which immediately
ruled out several machines. Using a
matrix of all the factors, the experts
at MAG agreed that the Armtrac
100-350 was the most suitable
machine for the tasks envisaged and
the donors concurred.
After some refurbishment work at
our Burwell workshop during the
summer, it is conducting TS there
again to establish the location of
some unrecorded mined areas.
Currently a newly produced Armtrac
75T-230 with Cabin is en route to
Iraq and an Armtrac 400 is under
construction for transportation to
Iraq next month.