Soviet KR-I Mine Recon Kit

KR-1
Mine Reconnaissance and Clearance Equipment Set

KR-I Technical Data

Russian Designation:

комплект средств разведки и разминирования кр–и

(Set of reconnaissance and mine clearance equipment, KR-I)

Manufacturer:

Soviet State Factories

Year Adopted:

Uncertain at Present

Operational Status:

Russia - In active service (though being replaced by KR-95, KR-97, and other equipment sets).

Other Countries - Uncertain at present

Dimensions (in carrier)
     Length:
     Height:
     Width:

73.0 cm	(28.74 inches)
9.0 cm	(3.54 inches)
20.0 cm	(7.87 inches)

Total Weight
(in carrier):

Uncertain at Present

Contents:

1x	Four Part Mine Probe
10x	Mine Marker Flags
1x	Carry Bag
1x	Mine Hook (not pictured)

KR-I Mine Clearance Kit
in pictures

History and Development of the
KR-I Mine Clearance Kit

Return to Uniforms and Field Gear of the Soviet Superpower

Sources Cited

(1) средств инженерной разминирования (Engineer Demining Equipment), москва: военное издательство министерства обороны ссср (Moscow: Military Publishing House, USSR Ministry of Defense), 1978. Print.

(2) J.I.H. Owen, Brassey's Infantry Weapons of the World, Bonanza Books: New York, 1975, Print.

(3) Tamarov, Vladislav, Afghanistan: Soviet Vietnam, translated by Marcus, Naomi, Marianne Trangen and Vladislav Tamarov. Mercury House: San Francisco, 1992, Print.