MRAP VEHICLES - Mine Resistant Ambush Protected

MRAP VEHICLES
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected

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Even as the Defense Department hurries to get as many Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles as possible to Iraq, it’s busy working to improve on the heavily armored vehicles to make them more survivable and easier to maintain. The department is on the fast track to get the V-hulled vehicles that provide increased protection against underbelly blasts as quickly as they roll off the assembly line. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates asked Congress for approval to transfer an additional $1.2 billion to the MRAP program. If approved, the department will be able to increase its total MRAP order to 6,415 vehicles. An estimated 3,500 vehicles are expected to be delivered to Iraq by Dec. 31...
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About top photo: 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. This prototype is currently being tested in Aberdeen, Md.
DoD photo by William D. Moss
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About bottom photo: The Cougar Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle shown here at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, is the newest defense against the improvised explosive device. MRAP vehicles feature a V-shaped hull, which deflects, rather than absorbs, the blast of an IED. U.S.
U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Tracee L. Jackson