Are Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles the answer to Explosively Formed Penetrators, the armor-piercing bombs that are becoming increasingly common in Iraq? The vast majority of IEDs ...

This resulted in the creation of Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, or MRAPs. MRAP development began in the early aughts, and since then, the U.S. military has purchased nearly 28,000 MRAPs ...

The new MRAP ambulance will have more space to treat patients, more on-board electrical power for medical equipment and additional protection for patients and crew members, officials from the ...

The entire Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program has been a success story for the U.S. military and its defense acquisition system. Faced with the asymmetric threat of Improvised ...

The truck was a Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected truck (MRAP) – a 16-ton behemoth that came to be regarded as the soldier's lifeboat in Iraq, its V-shaped hull saving lives by deflecting the ...

In the hazardous world of military transport, a new vehicle has to show what it's made of in a storm of bullets and blasts before it gets the nod to carry our brave soldiers. Roshel Defense ...

The Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) capability is not an anomaly limited to the past decade of unconventional war, but probably will be needed anytime our Army is called upon around the globe.

Armored MRAP vehicles are essential for modern military operations, offering both unmatched protection and powerful offensive capabilities. Explore the top MRAP vehicles, such as the BMC Kirpi and ...

So the military chose to use an entirely different type of vehicle known as an MRAP, or Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected armored vehicle, to combat the issue. What makes an MRAP so much ...

And for good reason. There are scores of MRAP designs, but most of them have one thing in common: thickly-armored hulls with V-shaped bottoms and big, fat tires that elevate the vehicles.

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 ...

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