International Test and Evaluation Program for Humanitarian Demining (ITEP)

Name:	Landmine clearance test facility
Short description:	Large test area with sandy soil
Category: Type:	Mechanical Equipment	Detector	Protection Equipment	EOD	Other
	All types of mechanical mine clearing devices			Explosive neutrali-sation devices

Points of contact

Name:	Manfred Merk Ministry of Defense P.O. Box 1328 53003 Bonn
Function:
Phone / Fax:
Email:

Name:	Gunnar Koenigstein Wehrtechnische Dienststelle 91 (WTD 91) Schiessplatz 49716 Meppen
Fuction:	Technician
Phone / Fax:	+49 (0) 5931 43 2360 / 2091
Email:

General information

Indoor / outdoor:	Outdoor
Test area (m²):	~ 50.000 m²
Explosive allowed:	yes
Services:	Elec. (220V)
Working office: (for visiting users)	Size (m²)	Heating / Cooling	Phone / Fax	Internet access
Working office: (for visiting users)	25	Y	Y	No

Location:

Distance:	Hotel:	5 km
	Railway Station:	Meppen 5 km
	Airport:	Hannover 200 km

Description

The test facility is part of military technical centre 91 in Meppen close to border to the Netherlands. No specific installations but only real sandy terrain where the German Army tests and tested some mechanical and explosive mine clearing devices

No minefields possible but only single mines, surface laid as well as buried. Mines can only be laid for the test, no long-term minefield allowed. Quality assurance after test required.

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