Pentagon Orders Mine-Resistant Trucks

[SUBMAN1]

Amazing the technology that comes out of war. Yes, a blast is very directional and it takes little effort to redirected it somewhere else - simply channaling the energy to get it to do what you want. However, I am still amazed at how something so simple can be so effective.

-S

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A new combat truck with a V-shaped bottom designed to withstand blasts from roadside bombs is performing with such success in Iraq that the U.S. military is pressing a Wisconsin company and others to churn out hundreds more in the coming months....

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030701344.html

[bradclark1]

Here's a photo.
http://www.defense-update.com/products/m/mrap.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/mrap-image20.jpg

[bookworm_020]

I'm Glad that when Australia sent troops over to Iraq that it sent them with equipment that was up to the job. The ASLAV's that they use have been attacked with Roadside bombs and have protected the crew so they all suvived (One Crewman suffered more as he was exposed due to having his head outside the command turret, a New upgrade will fix it)

Nice to kown our government can get it right now and again.

[moose1am]

V shaped armor was first used on the front of the German and Russian Tanks in WWII from what I remember. There was a program about WWII tanks on the History channel the other night and it got me thinking about using V shaped armor on the SIDES of vehicles to deflect shaped charges. Necessity is the mother of invention.
Sloping armor on the front of tanks make 3" armor appear to be 5" thick. Shells have to travel though more metal to get inside the tank.

The trouble with uparmored humvies is the axles and transmissions were not designed for all that extra weight. That makes the vehicles wear out faster. Not as fast as being blown up by a IED along side the road though. You also loose speed when you add all the amor. Speed can get you out of the kill zone faster.

They really need to ship about 500,000 troups over there so that the supply lines can be secured by boot on the ground. And the cities need to be under curfews all nigh long.

Anyone planing a bomb along the road at night would be a good target for snipers.



Amazing the technology that comes out of war. Yes, a blast is very directional and it takes little effort to redirected it somewhere else - simply channaling the energy to get it to do what you want. However, I am still amazed at how something so simple can be so effective.

-S

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A new combat truck with a V-shaped bottom designed to withstand blasts from roadside bombs is performing with such success in Iraq that the U.S. military is pressing a Wisconsin company and others to churn out hundreds more in the coming months....

Continue reading here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030701344.html

[Wim Libaers]

Not really new, a variant of the RG-31 that has been in use for some time.

[ASWnut101]

I could use one of those for my lawnmower.......never know what you might suck up! :-j

[Kapitan_Phillips]

I could use one of those for my lawnmower.......never know what you might suck up! :-j


Yeah, those doggy doos are lethal :rotfl:

[bradclark1]

Not really new, a variant of the RG-31 that has been in use for some time.
Yep, but ours looks cooler.:smug: