"The Minehound uses ground penetrating radar (GPR)," said Spc. Ellis Branch, a combat engineer assigned to Co. C, 1/3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Third ...

Joint Afghan National Army-U.S. forces counter improvised explosive device teams in Shamulzai District, Afghanistan, use their VMR-2 Minehound and VMC-1 Gizmo metal detectors to keep coalition ...

On this last patrol, Klobuchar swept the wand-like Minehound across a paved road and then a dirt path. He scanned the ground for telltale wires, or for depressions that might be bomb pressure plates.

Klobuchar walked every one of their missions, over 70, with a Minehound, a hand-held mine detector. He says, “I hope I never have to see a Minehound again.” (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT) ...

Kyle Klobuchar spends his days listening intently to the beeps, hums and warbles of a hand-held explosives detector known as a Minehound. Army Spc. Kyle Klobuchar, 22, of Eveleth.

The Minehound is capable of detecting metal and metal-free mines and IEDs. It uses ground penetrating radar and a search head with metal detector. Weighing 4kg, the detector uses rechargeable lithium ...

At the top end of the devices the troops would use there is Minehound, which is a four (or more) kg (8.8 pounds) hand held device typical of those used for over half a century to detect mines. Troops ...

An engineering team led by David Daniels of Cobham Technical Services has developed a new kind of mine detector, dubbed Minehound, which promises to spot deadly, explosive items with fewer false ...

Minehound produces only 20 false alarms for each mine found thanks to its combination of ground penetrating radar and metal detector.

On this last patrol, Klobuchar swept the wand-like Minehound across a paved road and then a dirt path. He scanned the ground for telltale wires, or for depressions that might be bomb pressure plates.

Minehound produces only 20 false alarms for each mine found thanks to its combination of ground penetrating radar and metal detector.