Meet the newest vehicle in the arsenal of the San Diego Unified School District, a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, more commonly known as an MRAP, or the US military’s answer to the ...
In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...
The next-generation vehicle delivers 360-degree ballistic and blast protection in line with Nato STANAG standards.
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. - To meet a critical warfighter need, Tobyhanna produced a month's worth of kits in just nine days. On Feb. 11, the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) ...
The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles will not provide protectionagainst explosively-formed projectiles (EFP), the roadside bombs that fire a high-velocity metal slug. So contractors ...
We live in a glorious country, America, where not only can police forces buy extremely armored vehicles, but they can equip themselves to the point where they are, for all and intents and purposes, ...
The military credits its new crop of hulking armored vehicles with saving hundreds of soldiers' skins. But these Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) behemoths come with all kinds of problems, as ...
Here are just a few facts about MRAPs, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles: They feature V-shaped hulls and blast-resistant underbodies. The most recent models were designed to protect troops ...
Video has emerged showing a ground-level perspective of a Ukrainian T-72 tank that rolled over and crushed a Ukrainian Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicle. Earlier footage of that ...