JERRV

JERRV and the Czech army

Vehicle JERRV was loaned to the Czech army in favor of the pyrotechnic odřadů included in the assembly of the contingents (units) of the Czech Provincial reconstruction team dislocated at the base of the FOB Shank in the afghan province of Logar. When combat deployment were Czech bomb squad, inter alia, included into the assembly of the so-called RCP (Route Clearance Patrol), which was an element of the u.s. army to secure the movement of units in space activities. Patrols of the RCP were equipped with vehicles with increased ballistic protection category of MRAP (Mine Resistance Ambush Protect). The exit consisted as a rule, command vehicle RG-31, specialized vehicle Buffalo with a hydraulic arm designed to a severance package handling during disposal of booby explosive systems. The assembly further complement the MRAP with odminovacím tralem ("Roller") and a truck Husky for the search of booby explosive systems (IED - Improvised Explosive Device), which was equipped with a soil radar and two magnetometers. The rescue and evacuation of damaged or destroyed equipment was determined by the recovery vehicle (e.g., a M984 from a number HEMTT). The Czech group of pyrotechnic cleansing (EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal) in the assembly of the RCP ranged in the vehicle JERRV, in which she had the necessary equipment, robot, Talon, suit, EOD 9, and other material. Patrols RCP regularly drove through the main and side road, which in these places to reduce the threat of saving and the incidence of improvised explosive traps. Column RCP moved at different speeds, and patrol could take up to 15 hours, which in turn depend on the amount of detected explosive traps, unexploded ordnance or just from the bad weather.

Czech detachment EOD used vehicle JERRV (or possibly Cougar 4x4) included in the lineup of the us team EOD dislocated to FOB Shank. The crew usually consisted of four soldiers. Situational awareness of the crew mounted observation system Gyrocam combining a television and a thermal imaging camera, which worked in seven modes. Part of the equipment was a combat vehicle information system ("BFT" - Blue Force Tracker) and also a jammer to protect against the activation of radio triggers booby explosive systems. During one patrol RCP occurred under the Czech vehicle JERRV to the explosion of the explosive traps, which ripped all the wheels of the chassis. Czech soldiers from the assault escaped without injury.

Eod detachments operating in the ranks of the Czech Provincial reconstruction team were made up of members of the 151., 152. and 153. ženíjního battalion. For example, a detachment EOD 9. the unit of the Provincial reconstruction team in its activities in 2012, eliminated the order of 40 IEDS, performed roughly half the number of firearm analysis PBA (Post Blast Analysis) on the locations of IED incidents and participated in the successful detection and disposal of a total of three caches of weapons, ammunition and components to manufacture the IED.

Source: www.army.cz

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Patrol RCP in the vicinity of advance base the FOB District, province Paktíá, eastern Afghanistan, July 2010. Pictured to the left is noticeable to the vehicle JERRV allocated 1. squad 287. sapper company from the Mississippi Army National Guard..

In November and December 2012 in the province of Helmand conducted operation Golden Gate, within which was built a prefabricated bridge across the river Helmand connecting its eastern and western shore, or the town of Sangin and Musa Kala. This was a joint action of the u.s. army, navy, marine corps and the Georgian army. For the US Army were in the action deployed such as 20. and 178. sapper battalion. To ensure security in the area of construction of the bridge was responsible, among other things 2. battalion 7. the regiment of the marine corps. In the framework of the U.S. Marine Corps was into the action set also Mobile strike platoon from the 2. the combat engineer battalion from the Regimental combat team 7. Her technique (JERRV 6x6 JERRV 6x6 with odminovacím tralem, the Cougar 4x4, the Buffalo, Husky with soil borne radar) is evident in the photos below, which were taken in December 2012 while escorting a convoy vezoucího material for the construction of the bridge from the base of the Camp Leatherneck..