The RG-34 is a South African mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) light armoured vehicle, which is part of BAE Systems South Africa’s RG series. Its welded steel hull offers all-around ...

In South Africa, especially in the 1980s leading up ... At least one massive Casspir — or an MRAP cousin of the Casspir — was in use by the predominantly white police to push back on the ...

The concept has been around for almost four decades. Pollard says MRAP vehicles started in South Africa. The apartheid government in South Africa waged a brutal campaign against an anti-apartheid ...

another in Texas and a fourth at a BAE-owned factory in South Africa. BAE's acquisition of Armor Holdings LLC this summer significantly boosted the company's ability to "up-armor" its MRAP designs.

What makes an MRAP so much different from a Humvee is the design of the undercarriage. The Rhodesian and South African armies had used early versions as far back as the 1970s. In 2004, Force ...

The advanced ballistic and blast-protected MRAP Cat II Cougar boasts an outstanding ... origins to the Olifant Manufacturing Company of South Africa, which originally developed the multi-wheeled ...

May 27, 2011: A South African firm has received a second order from Azerbaijan for 60 Matador and Marauder MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles. Azerbaijan bought 30 of these vehicles (15 ...

The mission here to receive, prepare and ship Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles built in South Africa for Operation ... According to Hadley, MRAP operations officer from Naval Space and ...

September 26, 2008: The U.S. is loaning Poland 40 Cougar MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected ... The bulletproof Cougars are built using the same construction techniques pioneered by South African ...

The MRAP were based on a tradition of vehicles made in Israel and South Africa who had faced similar threats over the years although not to the level the U.S. has in their operations since 2001.