I received this via email. I don’t make any claims as to the accuracy of the report but it looks on the up & up to me. The MRAP design looks to be doing a good job thus far, I have no personal experience.
LAST PICTURE.
:eek::eek::eek:
I don’t want to imagine what the photos would look like had that been something else, even an up-armored Humvee.:eek: Glad everyone was “OK”
amazing, glad to hear they escaped death. Looks like a great vehicle. I remember watching a show where the design of the bottom is meant to channel explosive force away to the sides like its venting so the vehicle itself wont absorb the explosion and get ripped apart. That’s why the metal at the bottom is shaped like a boat, channels the explosive blast to the sides instead of into the vehicle like a flat bottom would. Excellent design.
Thank god for improved armored mobility. That would have made a M1114 into a much smaller pile of parts and would’ve vaporized the M1025 we rolled around in.
that’ll buff right out
So worth the price. I’d rather pay more taxes for more of these vehicles than that fiasco of a Health Care Bill.
(paraphrasing) So worth the price. I’d rather more of my taxes went for more of these vehicles than just about anything Obama has printed up more cash for. 
One of these absolutly saved my best friends life in '08. Army EOD, still has all his fingers, only time he has gotten caught in a blast was driving and he came out with only some mild TBI. Destroyed the MRAP though, similar to this picture.
Glad the MRAP is in the field and saved those Soldiers lives. Those are awesome pics by the way.
V shaped hulls are actually an older technology. Its just taken out military 40-50 years to figure out that our troops need the things. Check out some of the African armored vehicle designs from the 60’s and 70’s…especially from Rhodesia. 
I remember getting an email with this in it through buddies still serving. I see the MRAPs on rail cars almost every day coming from Oshkosh.
A lot better than putting sandbags on the floorboards of the Humvees.
that’s a good vehicle! :eek:
glad to see the humvees are being replaced, they just don’t fit the mission.
I recall this incident. It’s been some time, and in 2006-2007 a dozen or so of these would cross my desk every day. (The pace has significantly slowed down now, thank God.) This one stood out because I received the same .ppt presentation and researched it because the claims just didn’t match the level of destruction.
I’m sorry to say there was loss of life in this strike. This isn’t to say that the MRAP isn’t a magnificent vehicle, but passengers in anything than can move will be susceptible to death/injury when 500+ lbs of bang are involved. That the vehicle held together as well as it did is testament to the engineering and construction.
This weekend I have a student that is wheelchair bound due to an explosively formed penetrator strike. Those are some nasty devices, with double amputations being a common result of their use. He doesn’t know it yet, but he isn’t paying for the course and there’s going to be a few other surprises coming his way.
John
Edited to add: IrishLuck, your avatar is the best in the history of the internet!
:eek: holy chit i’m just glad they are all ok
The unit at my location has lost a handful of MRAPS this year, with only one death. All were hit by EFPs which generally are bad news. You can thank the Iranians for that, along with the new technology to make sure the crew cabin is targeted.
On the contractor side of things, I think we have lost a total of 7 legs this year to EFPs, and that is just one company. Still, that is not too bad considering the amount of road time we do.
The MRAP is a great road vehicle, but it is not good at going off road and taking the fight to the bad guys. That may be one reason the USMC is not buying as many this year, since they are in A Stan. Here in Iraq, the Army is generally restricted to roads and has to have an Iraqi Police escort. The MRAP is perfect for this role.