"The M-RAP All Terrain Vehicle" Topic
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18 Mar 2020 1:44 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 11:59 a.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…."
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 Legion 4  | 19 Mar 2020 1:29 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 5:20 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 10:21 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 11:22 a.m. PST |
Thanks!.
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Armand
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| Legion 4 | 20 Mar 2020 11:47 a.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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