and acceleration of an IED explosion. Additionally, they can be fitted with extra layers of armor that can even protect against RPG rounds. The are four MRAP categories (I, II, III and M-ATV).

where a car explosion had been reported. As the third MRAP in the patrol crossed over a bridge, the span collapsed, sending the vehicle into the canal below. One soldier, upside down in the ...

An armored vehicle with a V-shaped hull, the MRAP was designed to deflect the explosion of road-side bombs (also known as Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs), which had accounted for 70 percent ...

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.

While the vehicle may be disabled by the explosion, its passengers will not ... These vehicles were collectively described as MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) capable, and would be ...

Moments later, a large truck emerges through the dust of the explosion, followed by the rest ... truck -- a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicle -- have just passed another training ...

Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles has rolled out its Senator Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored fighting vehicle at the CANSEC show in Ottawa. Based on the Ford F-550 pickup truck ...

Everyone has seats protected from concussion hitting the bottom of the vehicle during an explosion. The Ukrainian Bastion has many MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle characteristics but is ...