Remember that Mercedes G 63 AMG 6x6 we saw dressed up like an evil Tonka Truck, peeking out of a jet plane? It was built by Russian luxo-warmachine factory "Dartz" for a customer who wanted them to ...

The Pentagon is in the market for a scaled-down version of the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, the super-sized trucks that are designed to withstand roadside bombs. The deadline for vehicle ...

The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles will not provide protectionagainst explosively-formed projectiles (EFP), the roadside bombs that fire a high-velocity metal slug. So contractors ...

It seems like the war motoring business is expanding these days, as another combat vehicle maker is announcing the debut of a new project. We are talking about Spartan Motors Chassis, a subsidiary of ...

The Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) capability is not an anomaly limited to the past decade of unconventional war, but probably will be needed anytime our Army is called upon around the globe.

Here's a great first-person review of the MRAP from my good friend who posts as "Slab" on OpFor. In January, my team traded out our well-worn M1114 Up-armored HMMWV for a 4X4 JERRV, one of the models ...

In 1984, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (also known as the Humvee) replaced the U.S. Army's tried and true tactical vehicle, the M151 Jeep. It first served in Operation Just Cause ...

In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...

Last summer, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that the Pentagon's Joint Program Office for Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (JPO-MRAP), a $45 billion program to design, manufacture, and ...

BAE Systems will provide an additional 5,286 Check-6 taillight camera systems for US Army legacy MRAP vehicles under a contract worth $60 million. BAE Systems' Check-6 product gives MRAP occupants day ...