| has gloss | eng: Aardvark JSFU (Joint Service Flail Unit) Mark 4 is a British-made mine clearance system using the Mine flail system built by Aardvark Clear Mine Limited of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The JSFU flail system was developed in Aberdeenshire by David Macwatt of Elgin, Scotland and George Sellar & son of Huntly (system designers were James (Barney) Hepburn, Pat McRobbie and Alistair Birnie) with the cooperation of Ford Motor Co, Basildon. George Sellar & Son owned a number of patents concerning the rotor and chain design and electronic depth contouring system and manufactured the flail assembly. The armoured vehicle was manufactured by Glover & Webb of Southampton until their acquisition by GKN who continued to armour vehicles for a period before penman Engineering were given the contract. |