{{Short description|Tank mounted mine clearing device}} {{Orphan|date=February 2017}}

[[File:T-54A with KMT-5M.gif|thumb|KMT-5M attached to T-54/55]] [[File:Soviet KMT 5M mineroller.gif|thumb|KMT-5M attachments to T-54/55]] The '''KMT-5M''' is a Soviet tank mounted mechanical mine clearing device in the KMT series that is designed to disable anti-tank mines by plowing up or mechanically breaking them from the lines in front of tank tracks. It was first introduced in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zaloga|first=Steven J.|title=T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks 1944–2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=th43vgAACAAJ&pg=PA20|year=2004|publisher=Bloomsbury USA|isbn=978-1-84176-792-5|page=19a}}</ref> The device can be mounted to T-54/55, T-62 and T-64 tanks. The plow has nowadays been mostly replaced by the modern version KMT-7 that can be installed to T-72, T-80 and T-90 series of tanks.<ref name=FAS.org>{{cite web | title=ST 100-7 OPFOR Battle Book Table of Contents | website=fas.org | url=http://fas.org/man/dod-101/army/docs/st100-7/TOCC.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124131900/http://fas.org/man/dod-101/army/docs/st100-7/TOCC.htm | archive-date=2001-01-24 | url-status=dead | access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0829/094548444/detail.shtml|script-title=ru:ЦАМТО / Новости / Инженерно-саперные подразделения ЗВО получили на вооружение индивидуальные противоминные защитные средства для танков | language=ru | trans-title=TSAMTO / News / Engineering and combat engineer units of the Western Military District received individual mine defenses for tanks |website=www.armstrade.org}}</ref> It was however recently copied by the Romanians in their D-5M mine clearing system.

The device features both an outer roller and an inner plow.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 1979 |title=TRADOC Bulletin 10: The Soviet Main Battle Tank: Capabilities and Limitations |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA392790.pdf |access-date=16 October 2025 |website=DTIC |page=15}}</ref>

== Technical specifications == *Operating speed: 6–12&nbsp;km/h<ref name=FAS.org /> *Cleared lane width: 0.81 m x 2 *Depth of clearance: 0.1 m *Install time: 30-45 min *Removal time: 8-13 min *Weight: 7.5 t (m)

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Category:Mine warfare countermeasures Category:Tanks of the Soviet Union

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