Thank God for some of the new kit our guys have there now. I say the Nyalas are relativeley new in that we've had variants in A'stan since pretty much day one. It's only recently though that we purchased a fleet of the RG-31 variant.
Here are some images from this most recent situation ...
An armored vehicle that was hit by a suicide bomber limps back to the Provincial Reconstruction Team base in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Police say no Canadian troops were hurt in today's blast which took place two kilometers from the regional international reconstruction headquarters, however one Afghan civilian was injured. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Les Perreaux)
An Afghan security officer examines the wreckage of a car at the site of a blast after a suicide attack in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, wounding one civilian, a police official said. (AP Photo/Allahuddin Khan)
Note the none-too-kindly references to the "G-Wagon:"
That would be the Mercedes "Gelandewagen," much admired for profiling down safe boulevards in such places as, say, Frankfurt, but fairly useless in combat.
They drove the vehicle back to the compound, the capability of which saves lives since so many bombs are followed up with attacks by RPGs, another bomb, etc.
But this looks to have been a smaller suicide device. A bigger IED would have been a different story.
Nevertheless, making smaller suicide bombs and suicide vests ineffective will certainly give the Taliban something to think about it. Like give up and go back to a normal life for instance.