The first picture is of a MRAP. Its short for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected. Its basically an SUV that is armored to the gills. The second picture is an ASV or Armored Security Vehicle. Its only purpose is to protect.
These vehicles are just two of the multiple trucks that are used to secure our routes and convoys. If anyone is worried about security on the convoys now, just compare the trucks above to the truck below. The truck below is not the exact same as the one i got blown up in but its very very close.
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Why did it take so long to get decent trucks? Though I do hear a lot about bad equipment for the Brits on the BBC news in the morning.
I covered the military budget when I was in Washington for 75 newspapers. Read the whole annual budget. This was when Barbara Boxer was ranting about $7,000 hammers.
Also read that the Germans are drinking so much beer (in Afghanistan, I think) that the govt has decided to cut back.
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