HIGH CAPACITY
Up to 9,000 m²/hour at 3 km/h with a 3 m working width.
Designed to clear both AT and AP mines having 405 heads processing and clearing mines.
Beside demining in normal soil the design allows demining also in frozen and hard dry soil.
Rybro’s Commitment to Restoring Ukraine’s Agricultural Land
Rybro International AB is developing and deploying Mine Guzzler, a high-performance mechanized mine-clearance system designed to accelerate the safe recovery of contaminated agricultural land in Ukraine.
Ukraine has the world’s largest areas of mine- and unexploded-ordnance contamination, creating a major humanitarian, agricultural and economic challenge. The area in Ukraine contaminated with mines is 250 000 km² an area equal Great Brittain in size.
Rybro’s ambition is to contribute to restoring this land to safe and productive agricultural use through scalable, efficient and industrialized mine-clearance operations.
Mine Guzzler is a tiller-based system engineered for demanding terrain and heavy anti-tank mine threats. The system has demonstrated a clearing capacity of approximately 9,000 m² per hour, under optimized operating conditions.
Rybro’s approach combines:
High-throughput mechanical clearance of agricultural land
Robust protection and mine-processing capability
Digital mapping, GIS-based planning and documentation
Quality assurance and post-clearance verification
A scalable Demining-as-a-Service (DaaS) model for large-scale operations
The objective is not simply to clear mines, but to create an integrated process that enables faster, safer and more cost-efficient restoration of agricultural land.
By combining Swedish engineering, mechanized clearance technology and scalable operational models, Rybro aims to become a long-term technology and operational partner in Ukraine’s recovery — helping return contaminated land to farmers, communities and productive use.
Unique Demining Services
Specialised demining solutions designed for large area clearance in humanitarian efforts.
HEAVY-DUTY CLEARANCE
Tested against mines corresponding to 12 kg explosive force.
Solid tool with shock absorbers secure operation. Repairs reduced to replacing lost heads which can be done under field conditions.
Tool can be replaced in 30 min.
REDUCED SOIL IMPACT COMPARED TO CHAIN FLAIL SYSTEMS
Designed to minimize impact on the soil after mechanical demining.
Mine-Guzzler uses a controlled tiller-based system rather than a high-speed chain flail.
Developed by Bofors 94-04
Bofors Defence developed the Mine Guzzler starting by mounting a forest tool on a Leopard 1 chassi proving the performance. Succesful tests lead to improving the tool to clear both AT and AP mines in one pass.
The Leopard 1 chassi was replaced by a custom designed carrier based on CAT power train and called Mine Guzzler. See summary from Bofors development.
Purchased from Bofors in 2004
After Bofors decided to leave the market of deminng in 2004. Rybro International purchased the IP and the Mine Guzzler prototype from Bofors and sold the Mine Guzzler prototype to NMAA in Iraq as part of a UNDP tender.
Since 2004 Rybro International is the owner of the Mine Guzzler developed by Bofors Defence.
The Mine Guzzler Journey
01 — From Concept to Machine
A purpose-built heavy-duty tiller system engineered for mechanical mine clearance in demanding terrain and agricultural environments. This was done by Bofors resulting in the Mark 3 "Mine Guzzler". Summary of Bofors development
02 — Built for Productivity
A 3-metre working width and demonstrated performance of up to 9,000 m²/hour — with a clear path towards even higher operating speeds and productivity.
03 — Built to Survive
Engineered around survivability, robustness and rapid recovery, with testing against mine threats corresponding to approximately 12 kg of explosive force.
04 — From Machine to Intelligent System
The next generation combines remote operation, sensors, positioning and digital documentation, creating a safer and more traceable clearance process.
05 — From Technology to Scale
Mine Guzzler is being developed into a scalable mine-clearance platform and Demining-as-a-Service solution — designed to accelerate the safe return of contaminated agricultural land to productive use.
Tests of the Mine Guzzler
Tests of the Mine Guzzler in Meppen/Koblenz Germany in 1999
ITEP test protocol
Tests of the Mine Guzzler in Croatia 1999
Cromac Test Protocol
Unleashing Innovation in Humanitarian Demining
Rybro International AB is a Swedish technology company developing solutions for large-scale humanitarian mine clearance. Our focus is simple: make mine clearance more productive, more scalable and capable of restoring contaminated land to productive use.
Located in Båstad, Sweden, Rybro International AB is dedicated to making a difference in global demining operations.
Håkan Rydbergh
CEO/Founder
I want to clear mined farmlands allowing farmers and Ukraine people to recover from the ongoing war with Russia. This to be done by introducing more efficient, industrial like processes combining state of the art scanning, planning, clearing, quality control and documentation.
Only new more rationel methods will reduce the suffering of the Ukrainian people.
After my M Sc Industrial Engineering and Management I have worked more than 30 years in International Business, Sales and Production of Heavy Vehicles sales.
This experience is from being Market Trainee Scania, Manager Trade Finance Scania CV, VP Trade Finance Atlas Copco, Vice President Elekta Financial Services, Mechanic Swedish Navy etc…