NVA Engineer units working the minefields used a variety of equipment to lay mines and to clear the minefields. The two most common tracked vehicles used were the AT-T tractor and a engineer vehicle using the tank chassis of a T-54/55 tank. Both vehicles were used to clear minefields by attaching mines rollers. In addition to its mine clearing capabilities, the AT-T was also used lay mines. 

Another workhorse in the minefields were tractors. In addition to their normal earth moving activities, these tractors were also used to help detonate mines. By attaching a special metal screen to the front of the tractor, the operator was able keep debris from scattering as the mines were detonated by lowering the screen over the land mines prior to detonation.  Another use of the tractors involved attaching a platform to the front of the tractor. From this platform engineers could be elevated over the minefield so they could probe or prepare mines for detonation.