This “massive armored vehicle” is just a modified Leopard-1 btw…

Wisent1 is a commercially produced upgrade for Leopard-1 engineering variants. Many countries kept the Leopard-1 engineering versions even when they changed to Leopard-2s as MBTs. But at some point these Leopard-2s got too heavy to handle…

Enter FFG Flensburg with a privately developed upgrade kit (the main buyer so far was Denmark), that improves the armor on these older Leopard-1 variants, improves their power to be able to recover heavier Leopard-2s again and also comes with a bit of modularity for either classical tank recovery vehicle or more specialised de-mining or excavator (all three variants shown at the bottom of the linked page).

PS: The same company already developed a Wisent2 (upgrade for the Leopard-2-based engineering variants) but as those vehicles still perform adequately, the interest is low… for now.

I’m sure all mine clearing equipment has its strengths and weaknesses, and a “massive armored vehicle” with a plow is no different.

What I’m not seeing many of is a small maneuverable vehicle that can go into the treelines and take out the antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions.

There are a few in development like the Iron Caterpillar but not nearly enough to make the treelines safe for civilians.

Who wore it better?

Are these the ones Ukraine had to give up using and instead used infantry minesweepers at night?