Profile
- Type
- Fuel-air mine-clearing rocket system
- Conflict side
- Israel
- Origin
- Israel
- Service note
- In IDF service since the 2000s
Artillery
Carpet fuel-air mine-clearing rocket
Carpet is Rafael's fuel-air mine-clearing rocket system, built to open lanes through mines and improvised explosive hazards by firing a rapid rocket salvo. During the Israel-Hamas War, the IDF used Carpet-mounted Puma engineer vehicles in Gaza for route clearance and breaching work.
- Conflict side
- Israel
- Built by
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
- Built in
- Israel
Service History
- In service
- Used by the IDF for combat engineering and mine breaching tasks.
- Used by
- Israel Defense Forces
- Wars
- Israel-Hamas War
Production History
- Designer
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
- Designed
- 2000s
- Built by
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
- Built in
- Israel
- Produced
- 2000s-present
- Variants
- Puma-mounted configuration, Towed launcher configuration, APC-mounted configuration
Specifications
- Launcher loadout
- Up to 20 x 265 mm rockets
- Clearance effect
- Opens a path about 100 meters long in roughly one minute
- Operating range
- Fired from about 65 to 165 meters from the minefield edge
- Launcher weight
- About 3.5 tons fully loaded
- Operation
- Automatic, semi-automatic, or manual from inside the vehicle
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Hamas War
- Side: IsraelRole: Minefield breaching and route clearance
Israel-Hamas War: used by the IDF in Gaza for minefield breaching and route clearance from Puma engineer vehicles.
Carpet fuel-air mine-clearing rocket Images
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Defense Update CARPET systemPublisher: Defense Update | Note: Supports manufacturer background and CARPET specifications, including Rafael, launcher loadout, range, weight, and mine-breaching method. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons CARPET Puma photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for the CARPET anti-mine rockets installed on IDF Puma photograph. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons Puma Carpet photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for the Puma combat-engineering vehicle photograph showing the Carpet configuration at Latrun. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Wikimedia Commons Swords of Iron IDF photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Israel-Hamas War: used by the IDF during Gaza ground operations; the annotated Commons file identifies the Carpet mine-clearing system in the image. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Army Recognition Carpet in GazaPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Israel-Hamas War: used by the IDF in Gaza on Puma armored engineering vehicles to destroy Hamas tunnels and positions. | Accessed: 2026-06-20