Trumpeter 1/35 Trumpeter Russian BMR3 Armored Mine Clearing VehicleDescription In the early days of the Afghan war, the Soviets began developing BMR series of mine clearing vehicles. Type BMR 1 (Su 122) entered service in 1982, Type BMR 2 (T 54) in 1985, and Type BMR 3 in 1995. BMR 3 was based on T 72 tank chassis and fitted with KMT 7 mine roller and plow device. The drum type mine roller could clear two channels in AT minefields 800mm wide at a speed of 12 km per hour, in waters up to 1m deep with a flow of 2m sec.