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).

The attack struck an MRAP, the acronym for a Mine-Resistant ... The e-mail did not specify whether the explosion was connected to Panetta’s visit. “I don’t know at this point if this was ...

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 ...

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 ...

The seats have extendable footrests, which were to keep the soldier's feet off the floor of the MRAP in case of an explosion underneath,” Uptagraft said. Uptagraft said the six-speed automatic ...

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 ...

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 ...

The MRAP jumped, thirty-two thousand pounds of steel lifting and buckling in the air, moving under me as though gravity was shifting. The world pivoted and crashed while the explosion popped my ...