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General Dynamics delivers first MRAP vehicles designed to deflect blasts from IEDs
General Dynamics ^ | Jul 11, 2007

Posted on 07/15/2007 12:13:56 PM PDT by bnelson44

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1 posted on 07/15/2007 12:14:01 PM PDT by bnelson44
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WASHINGTON: Delivery delays have spurred the Pentagon to consider ordering up to 20,000 more armored vehicles needed to protect U.S. soldiers from roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hampered by industry production constraints, the Marine Corps may launch a second competitive bid this month for upgraded Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicles, according to a government document.

Production delays have put the Pentagon behind schedule on deployment so the second bid would aim to attract companies that may not have bid on the first go-round.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/13/business/NA-FIN-US-Pentagon-Armored-Vehicles.php


2 posted on 07/15/2007 12:15:44 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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Amazing that it’s taken so long to field something better than an up-armored humvee.


3 posted on 07/15/2007 12:20:28 PM PDT by glorgau
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...first MRAP vehicles designed to deflect blasts from IEDs

Can I get one of these for commuting on the D.C. beltway?

4 posted on 07/15/2007 12:22:27 PM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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5 posted on 07/15/2007 12:24:18 PM PDT by BJungNan
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Super-jeep.

Not only munitions-resistant, but able to ford streams and climb steep terrain.

What they could have done with something like this during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944.

But the technology simply did not exist then.


6 posted on 07/15/2007 12:24:53 PM PDT by alloysteel (Choose carefully the hill you would die upon. For if you win, the view is magnificent.)
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DefRev First Look: BAE Systems RG33 Series MRAP Vehicles


7 posted on 07/15/2007 12:25:04 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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8 posted on 07/15/2007 12:25:08 PM PDT by BJungNan
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It’s not as simple as just going to the GM showroom, the MRAP’s are a bitch to ship from a logistics standpoint, they are not designed for air transport with what we currently have, they are going to either be shipped via Russian contractor via a Kondor, or by container ship.

I am glad they finally got them however, that is good news indeed.


9 posted on 07/15/2007 12:25:17 PM PDT by padre35 (Conservative in Exile.)
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My fear is they will just build bigger IEDs


10 posted on 07/15/2007 12:27:31 PM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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11 posted on 07/15/2007 12:28:28 PM PDT by BJungNan
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As someone who fought in Iraq,I still believe the best way to prevent IED attacks is to put a cap into somebody whilst they are in the process of burying them.


12 posted on 07/15/2007 12:29:54 PM PDT by ac-rep
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So what happens when they blow the tires and axel off the thing?


13 posted on 07/15/2007 12:30:07 PM PDT by BJungNan
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Hmmvs are nothing more than an SUV and it is a disgrace that they have been used as APCs since Somalia or ever again since then anyway. JMHO.


14 posted on 07/15/2007 12:31:02 PM PDT by omega4179 (Are we serious about Islams global war on freedom?)
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I was talking to my son, the tanker, about the MRAP and he wasn’t that impressed ;->
15 posted on 07/15/2007 12:34:18 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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Photo: A US Marine Corps RG-31 Cougar rests on its front axel after an improvised explosive device detonated under the vehicle near Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, Jan. 6. The IED detonated directly under the vehicle; however, the blast was pushed outward instead of directly straight up due to the vehicle's “V” –shaped undercarriage. Of the five service members in the vehicle, two received concussions and two others received minor burns. (Photo by: Courtesy photo by 8th Engineer Support Battalion)
16 posted on 07/15/2007 12:36:00 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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Is that the one?

Found a You Tube of some Vehicles that are Mine Resistant but .....

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles

17 posted on 07/15/2007 12:37:42 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (NO BURQAS FOR MY GRANDAUGHTERS!)
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This is the first delivery of General Dynamic’s product. There are lots of others already in service, based largely on the South African’s designs. Good to have more production ramping up but don’t think that this has been completely ignored. I know it’s tempting(and fashionable here) to see everything in as negative a way as possible but it is not always so.
18 posted on 07/15/2007 12:37:52 PM PDT by Uriah_lost ("build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must." -Fred D Thompson)
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Those are older vehicles.


19 posted on 07/15/2007 12:40:05 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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Looks like they also will be asking for more bidders and increase production even more.

Good to see.


20 posted on 07/15/2007 12:41:07 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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