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The International M1224 MaxxPro MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) is an armored fighting vehicle designed by American company Navistar International's subsidiary Navistar Defense along with the Israeli Plasan Sasa, who designed and manufactures the vehicle's armor. [4]
Since 1981 [9] the Massachusetts-based Lenco Industries, known as Lenco Armored Vehicles, has designed and manufactured armored vehicles for law enforcement, military, government and private security forces. [10] Lenco has produced more than 5,000 armored vehicles for use in more than 40 countries worldwide. [11] [12]
Some prototypes of the high-speed armored car were tested, but no operational models were ordered. [1] The vehicle was designed with a very powerful V12 engine , so it could travel at 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on road and 78 miles per hour (126 km/h) off road. [ 2 ]
The Grizzly is manufactured by Blackwater Armored Vehicle, a division of Academi (formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide and Xe Services LLC), in a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m 2) factory in Camden, North Carolina. [5] It was scheduled to begin production in April 2007 and Blackwater predicted production of at least a vehicle a day to meet demand.
The Roshel Senator is a wheeled military armoured car produced by Roshel of Canada, based on a Ford F-550 chassis. [2] As an APC , it is designed to protect against small arms fire . [ 3 ] While designed as effectively a highly versatile SWAT platform, for peacekeeping and law enforcement activities, [ 4 ] it is capable of light duty as an ...
Prime mover cargo truck Mack NO 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6: 1943–1945: 2,050: Prime mover cargo truck M1 Wrecker 10-ton 6x6 [11] 1941–1945: 5,765: Standard heavy wrecker during WWII Built by Ward LaFrance and Kenworth. Diamond T 980 12-ton 6x4 [12] 1941–1945: 6,554: Tractor for M19 tank transporter Pacific M26 12-ton 6x6 [13] 1943–1945: 1,372 ...
The Tornado Intercept Vehicle 1 (TIV 1) is a heavily modified 1997 Ford F-Series F-Super Duty cab & chassis truck used as a storm chasing platform and built by Sean Casey. [1] This heavily armored vehicle can drive into a weak to relatively strong tornado [citation needed] to film it and take measurements. Work began on the TIV in 2002 and took ...
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 ...