The Army’s armored billy goat  

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Mraz, Stephen J.

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Machine Design (Soft Copy ada dalam http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 81 no. 16 (Aug. 2009), page 22.
Topik: U.S. Military; Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (MRAP-ATV); Oshkosh Defense

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The U.S. military learned a painful lesson during its Iraqi operations: Don’t send troops into danger in unarmored vehicles. Cheap IEDs proved a significant challenge to high-priced and capable, but woefully under-armored supply trucks and Humvees. The solution was to armor vehicles on the front lines. Today, the Army faces a new round of challenges in Afghanistan. Hostile forces have ready access to IEDs, and the terrain is practically impassable for the heavily armored military vehicles that eventually worked well in Iraq. The solution this time is an upgrade to a current midsized military transport that can shrug off mine attacks and operate off-road over rough terrain. After a quick competition between four vehicles, the Army chose the M-ATV from Oshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, Wis. (M-ATV is short for MRAP-ATV which stands for mine-resistant ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle.)

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