Oshkosh M-ATV MRAP Vehicle (United States)

The Oshkosh M-ATV is a 4x4 armored vehicle now in service with the United States Army. Years of combat actions shown light-armored vehicles to be exceedingly vulnerable to enemy IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attacks, particularly in battlefronts across Iraq and in Afghanistan. The base HMMWV vehicles were ill-equipped for the task, forcing programs to "up-armor" the systems. But as this led to limited success, programs were enacted to find dedicated mine resistant vehicles known to most as "MRAPS". These vehicles place crew and system survivability at the forefront of their design and are as rugged as military vehicles can get, all while supplying some of the creature comforts found in civilian sedans. One of these resulting creations was the impressive Oshkosh M-ATV, a vehicle with the protection qualities of her larger four- and six-wheeled brethren but with the mobility of a smaller vehicle. Such a vehicle would prove useful in the confines of urban fighting.
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