This is the System that Helps the IDF Clear Mines Inside Gaza
The Carpet, Rafael’s fuel-air rocket system, is mounted on Puma- and Namer-designated Combat Engineering Corps vehicles
IDF's ground maneuver within the Gaza Strip requires extensive use of engineering warfare. Among the systems IDF's Combat Engineering Corps uses in combat is the Carpet, a fuel-air rocket system for breaching minefields developed by Israeli Rafael.
The system is assembled on Puma- and Namer-designated Combat Engineering Corps vehicles. Its first operational use was in the Second Lebanon War in 2006 for the purposes of clearing explosives areas, destroying Hezbollah positions, and even destroying vehicles. During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, the system was used alongside the old "Tzefa Shiryon" mine-clearing line charge.
In 2017, the IDF began adopting an upgraded "KARPET" system that includes, among other things, a simpler and faster operating system, designed to improve the system's operation and simplify the level of training on the system.
The system contains a launcher of up to 20 fuel-air rockets in 265 mm caliber mounted on the back of an armored fighting vehicle and operated by remote control from within the armored vehicle. The system has the option of automatic, semi-automatic, and manual operation and is capable of rapidly firing rockets in bursts or singly. The launcher can be reloaded even in field conditions.
The rockets contain flammable liquid fuel that is not prone to spontaneous explosion. When the rocket hits the target, a fuel-air cloud is released and then the rocket explodes, igniting the cloud while creating a huge blast that causes the explosion of all the mines in the vicinity. A CARPET rocket barrage can create a clean passage 100 meters long and 6-8 meters wide in a minefield.
The Carpet, Rafael’s fuel-air rocket system, is mounted on Puma- and Namer-designated Combat Engineering Corps vehicles
IDF's ground maneuver within the Gaza Strip requires extensive use of engineering warfare. Among the systems IDF's Combat Engineering Corps uses in combat is the Carpet, a fuel-air rocket system for breaching minefields developed by Israeli Rafael.
The system is assembled on Puma- and Namer-designated Combat Engineering Corps vehicles. Its first operational use was in the Second Lebanon War in 2006 for the purposes of clearing explosives areas, destroying Hezbollah positions, and even destroying vehicles. During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, the system was used alongside the old "Tzefa Shiryon" mine-clearing line charge.
In 2017, the IDF began adopting an upgraded "KARPET" system that includes, among other things, a simpler and faster operating system, designed to improve the system's operation and simplify the level of training on the system.
The system contains a launcher of up to 20 fuel-air rockets in 265 mm caliber mounted on the back of an armored fighting vehicle and operated by remote control from within the armored vehicle. The system has the option of automatic, semi-automatic, and manual operation and is capable of rapidly firing rockets in bursts or singly. The launcher can be reloaded even in field conditions.
The rockets contain flammable liquid fuel that is not prone to spontaneous explosion. When the rocket hits the target, a fuel-air cloud is released and then the rocket explodes, igniting the cloud while creating a huge blast that causes the explosion of all the mines in the vicinity. A CARPET rocket barrage can create a clean passage 100 meters long and 6-8 meters wide in a minefield.
