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  • Mine-resistant 'MRAP's called 'four-to-five' times safer than Humvees for U.S. forces

    05/14/2007 2:48:11 PM PDT · by BradtotheBone · 48 replies · 1,700+ views
    World Tribune ^ | Monday, May 14, 2007
    WASHINGTON — The Bush administration plans to accelerate deliveries of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles for the U.S. military in Iraq. Officials said not one Marine has been killed during 300 IED attacks on MRAPs. They said MRAP's raised, V-shaped underbelly deflected the force of IEDs. In all, the Marines have deployed 65 MRAPs in Iraq. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said MRAP offered improved troop protection over up-armored Humvees. Gates said MRAP would replace armored Humvees, particularly in the Marine Corps. "Our experience is that Marines in these vehicles have been four or five times safer than a Marine in...