If an agency has an MRAP, he said, it might feel it needs to use the vehicle, increasing the number of deployments by its SWAT team. That means broadening the situations an agency defines as being ...

FBI SWAT vehicles include the Oshkosh Alpha MRAP, often used by the federal agencies during their more intense activities. The Alpha was built for war, just like the other MRAPs, but was much less ...

For the American military, one of its primary light tactical vehicles is called the MRAP, which stands for Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. The MRAP is built by several manufacturers with ...

The MRAPs, a Caiman built by British Aerospace Engineering-Tactical Vehicle Systems, a MaxxPro with MRAP Expedient Armor Program built by Navistar Defense and an MRAP-All Terrain Vehicle built by ...

The MRAP is not a tactical vehicle. It is a specialized armored truck designed primarily for protecting EOD units and their gear from explosions while diffusing bombs or mines. The Marine Corps ...

fighter Information Network -- Tactical infrastructure ... In these circumstances, the Army cannot and will not invest in new MRAP vehicles anytime in the foreseeable future.

However, tactical wheeled vehicles with "heavy" amounts of protection, such as the MRAP (which has higher quality armor and a V-shaped hull designed to improve resistance to IEDs), did not save more ...

as their vests are heavier and have a specialized ceramic plate inserted inside.The heat was also a challenge for SWAT team officers since the MRAP vehicle does not have a working air conditioner ...

The Humvee served as a primary tactical vehicle for the better ... So the military chose to use an entirely different type of vehicle known as an MRAP, or Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected armored ...

The Granville County Sheriff’s Office has acquired a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle, valued at approximately ...

The MRAP is based at the north end of the territories the Westmoreland SWAT team covers, while the new Greensburg vehicle will be in place farther south. “When everything is spread out ...

If an agency has an MRAP, he said, it might feel it needs to use the vehicle, increasing the number of deployments by its SWAT team. That means broadening the situations an agency defines as being ...