"The new MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV)..." Topic

… Intervention variant at AUSA.

"Demonstrating the critical importance of safety across a spectrum of ground operations, Oshkosh Defense, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, will showcase its new driver assist safety systems that span from basic forward collision warning to fully autonomous vehicle operation in high-threat environments. Oshkosh will debut these systems on the new Oshkosh MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) Intervention variant at the AUSA 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.

"Troop safety is the highest concern regardless of the military duty performed," said U.S. Army Major General (Retired) John Urias, executive vice president of Oshkosh Corporation and president of Oshkosh Defense. "Reducing vehicle accidents large and small translates into a more productive force and significant cost savings for the Department of Defense."

According to a report issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation1, integrated crash warning systems can improve driver performance. In addition, an overwhelming percentage of commercial truck drivers who field tested integrated crash warning systems preferred driving a truck with these systems because they were more aware of the traffic environment around their vehicles and their lane position…"

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Troop safety is the highest concern

Then why do they keep designing these things without the anti-mine V type lower hull armor? They all are made just like civilian street vehicles. We should just buy them fro the south Africans and our troops would be safer.

They're cheaper to maintain than tanks and you can pile them on in air transports. And it's ARMORED so everyone thinks it can stand up to a ATGM:)