![]() This affords her a 16-inch clearance under her chassis. She sits atop four large rubber tires held out at the extreme corners of the design. Most-often fielded in the base single-color desert paint-scheme, the M-ATV makes no apologies for its lack of beauty. The M-ATV is expected to take the general purpose utility mantle from the famed HMMWV (Humvee) series of armored vehicles.Įxternally, design of the M-ATV is utilitarian to the core. The first few M-ATV vehicles were debuted in Afghanistan sometime in October of 2009. The Oshkosh product was selected as the prime contender for its proven survivability features including mine-resistant capabilities, off-road function, affordability in both production and maintenance and Oshkosh's modernized and capable production facilities. The Oshkosh M-ATV was selected from a group of five potential suiters as the winner of the MRAP competition on June 30th, 2009, receiving a $1,060,000,000 contract to furnish some 2,244 vehicles to the United States Army. Such a vehicle would prove useful in the confines of urban fighting. One of these resulting creations was the impressive Oshkosh M-ATV, a vehicle with the protection qualities of her larger four- and six-wheeled brethren but with the mobility of a smaller vehicle. These vehicles place crew and system survivability at the forefront of their design and are as rugged as military vehicles can get, all while supplying some of the creature comforts found in civilian sedans. But as this led to limited success, programs were enacted to find dedicated mine resistant vehicles known to most as "MRAPS". The base HMMWV vehicles were ill-equipped for the task, forcing programs to "up-armor" the systems. ![]() Years of combat actions shown light-armored vehicles to be exceedingly vulnerable to enemy IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attacks, particularly in battlefronts across Iraq and in Afghanistan. ![]() The Oshkosh M-ATV is a 4x4 armored vehicle now in service with the United States Army. ![]()
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