Since the start of coalition operations in Afghanistan, 470 U.S. troops have ... commanders have asked the Pentagon to send hundreds of MRAP armored vehicles, designed to withstand strong ...

As a result of combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (Operations Enduring ... These vehicles were collectively described as MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) capable, and would be ...

The advanced ballistic and blast-protected MRAP Cat II Cougar boasts an outstanding ... The Cougar is the paragon of troop transports in Iraq and Afghanistan, where it has withstood literally ...

In my earlier piece on the subject, 'The story of abandoned weapons and equipment in Afghanistan', published ... 23 Turkish MRAPs and 3 light tactical all-terrain vehicles; 47 other MRAPs, 2 ...

The deaths of six more U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan made for another record ... of roadside bombs leading to the procurement of the MRAP, or 'Mine Resistant Ambush Protected'.