Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., train on the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Oct. 30. The M1271, also known as the Medium Flail, is designed to clear through a minefield using a rotating arm with chains and hammers that strike into the ground to destroy or detonate mines. ( Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret) Army Reserve lays down the hammer, striking through mine fields with a force 141030-A-TI382-135

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