Editing Mine plow (section)

==History==
[[Image:Bullshorn_plough-1945.jpg|thumb|right|Churchill Bullshorn Plough]]
[[File:D9-Magov-Ratzif.jpg|thumb|right|[[IDF Caterpillar D9]] [[armored bulldozer]] clearing mines in the [[Jordan Valley]].]]
Towards the end of the [[First World War]], the French mounted a plow on their [[Renault FT]] tank. 

The British started work on plow designs in 1937, and a successful design was introduced for the [[Matilda I (tank)|Matilda Mk I tank]] though it was not used.<ref>Chamberlain & Ellis ''British and American Tanks of World War II'' (1969) Arco Publishing. p55</ref>

The first recorded combat use is by a "Bullshorn" plow on a [[Churchill tank]] of the British [[79th Armoured Division]],  on [[Sword Beach]] during the Allied invasion of Normandy (this was one of "[[Hobart's Funnies]]" specialized vehicles). The "Bullshorn" was one of a number of plow designs which were tested and used by the British Army.

The mine plow is still in use by many combat engineering units. The [[Royal Engineers]] have deployed the [[Trojan (vehicle)|Trojan]] to [[Afghanistan]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8523490.stm "Trojan used for IED clearance"]</ref> where it was usually fitted with a plow on the front, which enables it to [[mine clearing|clear mines]], either detonating them on contact, or pushing them out of the way to clear a safe channel for following vehicles.