Photo Slideshow - MRAPs -
Mine
Resistant
Ambush
Protected
vehicles
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1.
Airmen from the 437th Aerial Port Squadron at Charleston
AFB, S.C., load a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored
vehicle on a C-17 Globemaster III for shipment to Iraq July
28, 2007.
2.
A Mine Resistant Ambushed Protected (MRAP) prototype vehicle
is displayed on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 26,
2007. The MRAP is designed to help protect military troops
from mines and improvised explosive devices in Iraq.
3.
Tech. Sgt. Shawn Tague shows Lt. Col. Gerard Couvillion
the Mine Resistance Ambush Protected vehicles before
loading them into a C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 25, 2007 at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The new MRAP Category III Buffalo
models, which cost between $600,000 and $1 million each,
will phase out the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled
Vehicles, also known as Humvees. MRAPs are designed with
V-shaped bottoms raised more than 3 feet off the ground to
reduce servicemembers casualties by protecting them from
improvised explosive devices, and to increase their
mobility and enhance mission success throughout the areas
of responsibility.
4.
A 6x6 EOD variant of the MRAP JERRV undergoes the first shot
of a four shot series of test explosions at the Aberdeen
Test Center (ATC) in Maryland. All MRAP vehicles are tested
at the ATC and this vehicle met the threshold.
5.
AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (August 24, 2007) - A Level II Mine
Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle sits in a lot here. Taqaddum is one of the final destinations of the MRAPs from
the assembly line to forward deployed servicemembers. The
arrival of the vehicles is part of a push by Defense
Secretary Robert Gates to have them delivered to
servicemembers as quickly as possible because of the
superior amount of protection provided by its V-shaped hull
and integrated armor.
6.
AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (Sept. 4, 2007) - More than 30 Mine
Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles sit in a lot here
waiting for authorization from Headquarters Marine Corps to
be transported to units throughout Al Anbar province. 2nd
Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward),
makes sure the MRAPs are shipped to the right units and
handles parts needed to sustain the gear.
7.
Lt. General Wallace C. Gregson, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific
Commanding General, sought feedback from Marines working
with the Cougar. The Cougar, a Mine Resistant Ambush
Protected vehicle, is also built to rollover and is equipped
with multi-point, racing style harnesses, so if the vehicle
rolled 360 degrees, the passengers inside would avoid
injury.
8.
Sgt. Neil Fucci (right) rides in a six-wheel drive Cougar
armored vehicle along the Iraq-Syria border.
The vehicle features a V-shaped hull and is designed to move
troops safely through areas prone to roadside bombs.
9.
CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Jan. 7, 2006) - An RG-31 Cougar rests
on its front axel after an improvised explosive device
detonated under the vehicle here Jan. 6. The IED detonated
directly under the vehicle; however, because the vehicle was
an RG-31, the blast was pushed outward instead of directly
straight up due to the unique “V” - shaped undercarriage. Of
the five service members in the vehicle, two received
concussions and two others received minor burns.
10.
A vehicle from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit
checks a bullet-ridden vehicle that was abandoned after two
insurgents were killed attempting to lay an improvised
explosive device. K Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine
Regiment, was asked by the local populace to remove the
vehicle after arriving in Iraq to replace their infantry
counterparts 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, in
mid-February.
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