Reliable local sources revealed that the US Army is using an Israeli mine-clearance system for its tanks in Iraq. The system, developed by Israel Aircraft Industries, is installed on US Army M-1 Abrams tanks.
The IAI Ramta Aerostructures and Systems Division builds the system at its Beer Sheva plant. Called the "Magof" by IAI, it is marketed internationally as the track width mining plough (TWMP). The system is attached to a tank's body to clear mines without the need for human involvement. Ramta figures indicate that it supplied the system for US Army M-60 tanks in the 1991 Gulf War.
Ramta's other de-mining systems include the LIME (Light Instride Mine Extractor), which clears scatterable mines from airfield runaways, highways and roads; and AMMAD (Anti-Magnetic Mine Actuating Devices), which clears magnetic mines.
Other Israeli systems being used in the Iraq War include Israel Military Industries' ITALD (Improved Tactical Air-Launched Decoys), deployed by US Navy F-18s; Rafael's Popeye air-to-ground missiles, deployed by B-52s; Tadiran Communications' (TASE:TDCM) communications systems; and a range of electronic warfare systems.