Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle

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Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle(MRAPV), also known asMRAPVehicle, is a type ofarmoured personnel carrierthat are designed specifically to withstandimprovised explosive device(IED) attacks andambushesto save troops life.[1][2][3][4]SomeInfantry mobility vehiclealso have MRAPV capabilities.

ACougar HEMRAPV being tested in January 2007 withlandmines
RussianUral-63095 TyphoonMRAPV

History

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Specialized light armored vehicles designed specifically to resist land mines were first introduced in the 1970s by theRhodesian Army,and were further developed bySouth Africanmanufacturers starting in 1974 with theHippoarmored personnel carrier(APC).[5][6]The first step by theSouth African Defence Force(SADF) was the Bosvark, aUnimogfitted with a shallow mine-deflecting tub on the chassis to protect the crew. Then came the first generation of purpose-built vehicles, including the Hippo and various other light vehicles. They were essentially armouredV-shaped hullsmounted on truck chassis. The next generation was represented by theBuffel,a Unimog chassis with a mine-protected cab and a mine-protected crew compartment mounted on it. These early vehicles overloaded their chassis and they were clumsy off-road. TheCasspirMine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle was developed for the SADF after 1980;[7]this was the inspiration for the American and other military MRAPV program and the basis for some of the program's vehicles.[8][9][10]

Design

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These vehicles have good off-road mobility, armour protection against small arms fire,improvised explosive device(IED) and anti-personnel mines. These armored vehicles generally have distinctiveV-shaped hull(for mine protection) and a wheeled chassis.[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^abPike, John."Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program".globalsecurity.org.Retrieved20 September2018.
  2. ^ab"Turkey Quietly Sent 50 Mine-Resistant Armored Vehicles to the Ukrainian Military".Autoevolution.24 August 2022.Retrieved30 November2024.
  3. ^ab"Rosoboronexport launches import-substituted Typhoon-K MRAP vehicle in foreign markets".Rosoboronexport.23 April 2023.Retrieved30 November2024.
  4. ^ab"Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Vehicle Management Codes"(PDF).DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.
  5. ^"Lesakeng".South African Armour Museum. 2012-12-06. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-07-03.Retrieved2013-06-18.
  6. ^Heitman, Helmoed-Römer.South African Armed Forces.Buffalo Publications 1990.ISBN0-620-14878-0p 44.
  7. ^Russell, Robert W (2009).Does the MRAP meet the U.S. Army's needs as the primary method of protecting troops from the IED threat?(PDF)(Master of Military Art and Science thesis). US Army Command and General Staff College.Archived(PDF)from the original on October 9, 2012.
  8. ^Mike Guardia (20 November 2013).US Army and Marine Corps MRAPs: Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles.Osprey Publishing. pp. 14–.ISBN978-1-78096-255-9.
  9. ^Leon Engelbrecht (8 February 2010)."Fact file: Casspir MRAP".Retrieved5 November2014.
  10. ^"An MRAP for India".Retrieved20 September2018.