Image source: Photo: TG-channel "One foot here, the other there!"
In Ukraine, they could not properly dispose of the property inherited from the Soviet Army, in particular, the UR-77 Meteorite mine-clearing installations ("Serpent Gorynych") and portable UR-83P.
As [b ]"RG: Russian weapons" notes, [/b] after the start of the punitive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas, the "seventy-seventh", made on the chassis of self-propelled guns 2S1 "Carnation", often began to be used for other purposes. Special equipment was dismantled from them, and platforms were installed instead, on which ZU-23-2 rapid-firing small-caliber anti-aircraft guns were mounted. In the National Guard, there were samples used to deliver infantry.
The remaining "Meteorites" were clearly not enough. Supplies of mine clearance equipment from abroad, including from the United States, did not help.
Image source: Photo: TG-channel "One foot here, the other there!"
Therefore, it is not surprising that, having met with a large number of Russian minefields, the militants were forced to create various ersatz. For example, on the basis of multi-purpose lightly armored MT-LBu using UR-83P.
Of course, they are inferior in their effectiveness to the UR-77. Recently, our fighters set fire to such a homemade device, which was in service with the 68th separate Jaeger brigade. It all ended with a powerful explosion, after which the fragments of the car were scattered over a large area.