"The M-RAP All Terrain Vehicle" Topic

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18 Mar 2020 2:44 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill

Changed title from "The M-RAP All Terrain Vehicel" to "The M-RAP All Terrain Vehicle"

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Tango01	18 Mar 2020 12:59 p.m. PST
"The Oshkosh Defense® MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) Family of Vehicles features an array of vehicle configurations for a wide range of mission requirements, force structures and threats. Whether a fleet has narrowly defined missions or expansive tactical demands, forces can be equipped with the right M-ATV variants to meet those specific needs while benefitting from a common platform and components…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
Legion 4	19 Mar 2020 2:29 p.m. PST
Really a pretty good idea and if MRAPs were deployed sooner it would have save some lives. There were earlier MRAP type vehicles which eventually saw combat in GWoT … link link
javelin98	19 Mar 2020 6:20 p.m. PST
And the South Africans had developed a lot of those techniques during the Bush War, first with the Buffel APC and later with the Casspir.
Lion in the Stars	20 Mar 2020 11:21 a.m. PST
The problem is how heavy the early MRAPs are. some are 30 tons! The M-ATVs are better, they're "only" 30,000lbs. The new JLTVs are 15,000lbs.
Tango01	20 Mar 2020 12:22 p.m. PST
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand
Legion 4	20 Mar 2020 12:47 p.m. PST
Yes both the South Africans and IDF developed MRAP type vehicles years before the US did. I saw a pic and write up of the JLTV … still a much better improvement over an Armored HMMWV.

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