baby buffalo?

[Chulo]

http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/ied_hunters.jpg

Vehicles assigned to 4th Brigade Combat team Baghdad. New prototypes to minimize exposure of engineers neutralizing the IED threat on convoy routes out of Baghdad.

http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/articles/military_photos_200510623.asp

[LibertyUnites]

looks kind of like the RG-31/2 cant remember which.

[LibertyUnites]

heres the RG-31 anyway

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/LibertyUnites/RG31Nyala.jpg


i heard the US was using them in Afganistan but i didnt know they were in Iraq too

[ecko404]

REUMECH OMC MAMBA MK II APC
http://nasog.net/datasheets/armour/4/Reumech_OMC_Mamba_MK_II_APC.htm
http://pages.ccapcable.com/fullthrottlevtec/mamba.jpg

I know that the us got the cougar too
http://www.forceprotectioninc.com/models/cougar/

[LibertyUnites]

wait is the mamba a new version of the 31 or what? im in the dark on this one, but the pic he posted above defintiely looks more like the pico f the RG-31 i posted right below it than that. horizontal grille, location of spare, etc... more info?

[ecko404]

"With a combat weight of 8,400 kg., the RG-31 MK3 4x4 Mine Protected APC is built from an all-steel welded armor monocoque hull, typical of South African mine protected vehicles, providing excellent small-arms and mine blast protection as well as small arms fire. The vehicle accommodates a crew of 10 including the driver. Dismounting is provided via a large rear door and two front doors. A different version, the RG-31M features a military wiring harness, central tyre inflation and several other new characteristics. This Vehicle has a crew of 5. RG-31 is currently in service with US Army Task Force Pathfinder attached to the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq. Procurement of 148 additional vehicles, under a $97 million contract was announced in February 2005."
http://www.defense-update.com/products/r/RG-31.htm

Looks like a US made version of the mamba.