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Mastiff PPV (Protected Patrol Vehicle) British version of the Cougar 6×6 which arrived in Afghanistan during December 2006, with FPII providing the base vehicle and NP Aerospace in the UK integrating electronics and the British armor package. Mastiff 2 is an improved version with a capacity of 2 + 8 which arrived in Afghanistan during June 2009.
The Force Protection Ocelot is a British infantry mobility vehicle that replaced the United Kingdom's Snatch Land Rover with British forces. [2] [3] It received the service name Foxhound, in line with the canine names given to other wheeled armored vehicles in current British use such as Mastiff, Wolfhound, and Ridgeback, which are all variants of the Cougar.
The AVGP (Armoured Vehicle General Purpose), later known as the LAV I, [4] is a series of three amphibious armoured fighting vehicles ordered by the Canadian military in the 1970s.
United States made Cougar HE MRAPV being tested in January 2007 with landmines Russian Ural-63095 Typhoon MRAPV. Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAPV), also known as MRAP Vehicle, is a type of armoured personnel carrier that are designed specifically to withstand land mines, improvised explosive device (IED) attacks and ambushes to save troops' lives.
Protected mobility vehicle: 329 [157] Mastiff is a heavily armoured 6×6-wheel drive patrol vehicle which carries eight troops, plus two crew, and is fitted with ECMs and bowman radios. [179] Ridgeback is a 4×4-wheel drive variant of the Mastiff, and provides protected mobility in urban and urban-fringe environments. It comes in three variants ...
A U.K. soldier with a Mastiff armored vehicle during exercises in Salisbury, England, ahead of a deployment to Mali in October 2020. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
M1135 nuclear, biological, chemical, reconnaissance vehicle (NBC RV) M113 armored personnel carrier – 6,000 [2] [3] M58 Wolf; M113A3 APC; M113 armored medical evacuation vehicle (AMEV) M548A3 cargo carrier; M577A3 medical vehicle; M901A3 improved TOW vehicle (ITV) M1059A3 Lynx smoke generator carrier (SGC) M1064A3 mortar carrier
The upgrade is designed to give the vehicles improved capability and technology for a lower cost than purchasing a brand-new vehicle. Work began in December in Afghanistan in the field and was completed by June 2013. [1] About 9,000 MaxxPro vehicles were bought by the U.S. Army between 2007 and 2011, and they plan to keep only about 3,000 of ...