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A technical armed with a ZU-23 autocannon operated by the Free Syrian Army during battles against Islamic State in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains, southern Syria, 2017. An improvised fighting vehicle is an ad hoc combat vehicle resulting from modified or upgraded civilian or military non-combat vehicle, often constructed and employed by civilian insurgents, terrorists, rebels, mobsters ...
A Zhongxing Grand Tiger technical with a mounted FN MAG during the First Libyan Civil War. A technical, known as a non-standard tactical vehicle (NSTV) in United States military parlance, is a light improvised fighting vehicle, typically an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle modified to mount SALWs and heavy weaponry, such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher ...
Improvised armoured fighting vehicles (15 P) Pages in category "Improvised fighting vehicles" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Cougar is a mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) and infantry mobility vehicle structured to be resistant to landmines and improvised munitions.. It is a family of armored vehicles produced by Force Protection Inc, which manufactures ballistic and mine-protected vehicles.
Many captured from Iraqi Army. Main vehicle used by IS in SVBIED operations. Most of them were taken back by the Iraqi army since IS defeat. Some of them were destroyed while the damaged ones were refurbished and made operational again. (4:15 mins) [47] Technicals: Improvised fighting vehicles: Varies from hundreds to thousands. Islamic State
Improvised fighting vehicles: Improvised fighting vehicle: Syrian opposition: Examples are the Sham 1 armored pickup truck and the Sham 2 armored car used by the Al-Ansar Brigade. [141] Streit Cougar [citation needed] Infantry mobility vehicle Canada: Streit Typhoon [citation needed] MRAP Canada: Safir [citation needed] Off-road military light ...
Military light utility vehicle "dozens" Iran Iran: Operating in Syria Technicals: Improvised fighting vehicle: 100-1000s+ Various Various Used widely, some captured from the Syrian opposition and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Civilian and transport vehicles Mercedes, Volvo, Range Rover, Isuzu, Toyota, Hyundai and Kia etc. 100-1000s ...
The Husky was ordered to replace the British Army's Snatch Land Rovers in Afghanistan, which had proven to be inadequate in protecting their occupants from improvised explosive devices. [6] [7] A total of 262 vehicles were initially ordered. In 2010, a follow-up order was placed for an additional 89 vehicles, worth US$56 million. [8]