Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected

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A mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle (M-ATV), built specifically for mountainous terrain, parked next to a larger armoured vehicle, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2009.

Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected

armored vehicle

Also known as: MRAP

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armoured vehicle
Wheeled armoured vehicles
…thousands of Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) wheeled armoured vehicles. MRAPs are designed with a V-shaped hull to deflect explosions upward and away from the troop compartment. They proved to be twice as effective in safeguarding passengers as M1 Abrams tanks and more than three times as effective as the armoured…
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…thousands of Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) wheeled armoured vehicles. MRAPs are designed with a V-shaped hull to deflect explosions upward and away from the troop compartment. They proved to be twice as effective in safeguarding passengers as M1 Abrams tanks and more than three times as effective as the armoured…
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improvised explosive device
Tactical use
…specially designed mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles. However, insurgents countered those improvements by producing more-powerful bombs. Technological innovations to counter IEDs therefore have also focused on interrupting the signals that detonate the devices. Various jamming devices, such as the U.S. Warlock system, were installed in vehicles to interrupt wireless triggering…
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…specially designed mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles. However, insurgents countered those improvements by producing more-powerful bombs. Technological innovations to counter IEDs therefore have also focused on interrupting the signals that detonate the devices. Various jamming devices, such as the U.S. Warlock system, were installed in vehicles to interrupt wireless triggering…
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