Saturday, May 15, 2010

How The MRAP Vehicle Works



How The MRAP Vehicle Works -Or- Saving Soldiers’ Lives With Better-Protected Vehicles -- How Stuff Works

One of the big problems that the Army learned the hard way in Iraq is that a standard Humvee doesn’t offer a lot of protection for the soldiers inside. It is possible to retrofit a Humvee with more armor (even stick-on steel panels were an option), but there are still vulnerabilities. If a Humvee can be disabled with a small bomb, it is then a sitting duck.

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