Editing Mine plow (section)

{{Short description|Device to clear minefield}}
[[File:Abrams tank with mine plow.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Army]] [[M1A1 Abrams]] tank with mine plow from 1995 or earlier]]
[[File:Trojan AVRE - Tankfest 2009.jpg|thumb|[[Trojan (vehicle)|Trojan]] [[Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers|AVRE]] of the [[Royal Engineers]] with full-width mine plow and [[fascine]].]]
A '''mine plow''' ('''plough''' in [[British English]]) is a device designed to clear a lane through a [[minefield]], allowing other vehicles to follow.  A mine plow is typically mounted to a [[tank]] or [[military engineering vehicle]].  Buried [[land mine]]s are plowed up and pushed outside the tank's track path or tipped over. Since modern [[anti-tank mine]]s rely on a [[shaped charge|focused explosion]] to destroy armored vehicles, they are useless when turned upside-down; as the tank runs over the mine, it will expend its blast down instead of upwards, causing insignificant damage, if any.