Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress

Feickert, Andrew

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Defense economics;    Defense procurement;    Weapons systems;    Combat vehicles;    Military vehicles;   

RP-ID  :  RS22707
RP-ID  :  RS22707_2008Jun06

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

In late 2007, the Department of Defense (DOD) launched a major procurement initiative to replace most uparmored High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWVs) in Iraq with Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles by FY2009. MRAPs have been described as providing significantly more protection against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) than uparmored HMMWVs. the DOD's accelerated MRAP program, decisions on the number of MRAPs procured, and MRAP's performance in urban and counterinsurgency operations raise a number of potential policy issues for congressional consideration.