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Configuration
| Specification | Meerkat (vehicle) | UR-77 Meteorit |
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| Width | — | Ширина, мм 2850[source] |
| Height | — | Высота, мм 2535[source] |
| Type | Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector VMMD system[source] | Mine clearing vehicle[source] |
| Introduction | 1998[source] | — |
| System manufacturer | Rolling Stock Division (RSD) of DCD-Dorbyl[source]ManufacturerofIVMMDsystem expresslynamed, not invented individualvehiclemaker |
Mass
Single source15,500 kg (34,200 lb)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single source90 m (300 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Role | intended only to detect land mines[source] | — |
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| Detection equipment | pair of horizontally mounted rectangular panels, one each side[source] | — |
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| Protection | floor of the driver's cabin is armored[source] | — |
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| Maintenance | structural components are designed to be quickly replaced[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | South Africa[source]Inventory Origin column; table 14, row 9, cell 2; revision 1374575395; retrieved 2026-09-30 | — |
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| Place of origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| In service | — | 1978–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | Russia Syria Ukraine[source] |
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| Wars | — | First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War Second Battle of Donetsk Airport Syrian Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1977[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Kharkiv Traktor Plant Soviet Union[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1978[source] |
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| No. built | — | 550[source] |
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| Main armament | — | Mine-clearing line charge[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | The vehicle is armed with a launcher and two mine-clearing line charges . When launched, a rocket deploys a line charge by extending it out into a line that crosses the minefield. When detonated, the charge causes a shock wave that destroys or disables all the shells or mines in an area along the line charge with a width of 6 metres and length up to 90 metres. Thus a break in the minefield is created.[source]UR-77 Meteorit · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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| Reported operators | — |
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