The truck was a Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected truck (MRAP) – a 16-ton behemoth that came to be regarded as the soldier's lifeboat in Iraq, its V-shaped hull saving lives by deflecting the ...

Explore the incredible world of MRAP trucks, the military machines that conquer landmines and IEDs with unmatched resilience. Discover their history, design, and their many roles beyond the ...

The Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) capability is not an anomaly limited to the past decade of unconventional war, but probably will be needed anytime our Army is called upon around the globe.

The Pentagon gave John Thomas, sheriff of Page County, Va., a gigantic MRAP — meant to withstand roadside bombs in Iraq — in May. As he drives through the Shenandoah Valley, Thomas says he did ...

MRAP is an unusual program that involves rolling purchases of a wide range of vehicle types, all meeting the same basic mobility and protection requirements. The requirements do not specify how a ...

For the American military, one of its primary light tactical vehicles is called the MRAP, which stands for Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. The MRAP is built by several manufacturers with ...

They're a cohesive group of Soldiers known simply as the MRAP team. In military parlance, they function as a personal security detachment, or PSD, on ground movements. MRAP -- or mine-resistant ...

In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...

A video captures a Roshel Senator MRAP, damaged yet functional, evacuating injured soldiers in Donetsk, showcasing its ...

For example, it gave one blanket the same weight it gave one MRAP. But these items are not equal—an MRAP is not a blanket. We should also be realistic about the ability of training to solve the ...