With a seating capacity of 18 persons plus equipment, it offers a capacity more than most armored vehicles. It is a container based crew compartment that offers land, air & sea mobility with blast and ABC protection.
MuConPers, formerly known as TransProtec, transports on a similarly protected Multi A3 FSA special purpose vehicle (Container is better protected).
EADS, in cooperation with the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann of Munich, has developed a protection system for transporting people safely in crisis areas. As EADS Defence Electronics announced on Tuesday, the multifunctional container for protected personal transport ("TransProtec") has now proved its high protection capability in a series of blasting tests that have been successfully carried out.
The new kind of flexible protection system “TransProtec” offers optimal protection against attacks with explosives, sniper fire, shrapnel, mines and ABC attacks. The tests were carried out at the Military Technical Centre WTD in Meppen. TransProtec offers a high degree of driving comfort and very good ergonomics. The protective container can accommodate up to 18 people including equipment. A modified version of TransProtec is capable of transporting a larger number of casualties and nursing staff together with the necessary facilities. TransProtec can be transported on different makes of protected trucks. A hook loading system makes it possible to load and unload the container quickly.
Peace making and peace keeping missions carried out by the international community and anti-terrorist operations are always exposed to great danger. In particular, transporting soldiers and civilians in crisis-hit regions constitutes a high risk, as can be seen almost every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB – Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung) ordered several TransProtec systems last year in order to counteract this potential danger and to ensure the best possible protection for Soldiers and civilians being transported. The intention is to order further units.
“Up until now, the protected vehicles available have only been able to offer a limited number of seats. TransProtec is capable of transporting a large number of passengers safely under different operational conditions. The level of protection and comfort during transportation is well above that offered by vehicles already used for this purpose”, explained Bernhard Gerwert, Head of the EADS Defence Electronics Business Unit.
How it began: with EADS precision 1/35 fine scale modeling and impact testing
dude that's pretty cool, that would have more to do with my field being a truck driver. lookds like it is on a same platform as a chu or a hmmt. neat looking system although i wouldnt be excited about being transported in a connex with seats
It looks pretty awesome, but I am quite worried about the center of gravity... Having a huge, heavy, armored box on top of a fast moving vehicle, that is probably going to go over rough terrain? But, then again, these people know a boatload more about armored vehicle creation than I ever will.
Pretty clever, but I think it might be a little more useful with firing ports... I wouldn't wanna be trapped in a box during an ambush. Screw the NBC protection - I'd wanna shoot back!
that's true, they need firing ports... but protection against NBC is also crucial... seems that there is some sort of hanger for them to hang their weapon on top of their head... or is it just my eyes? watched the vid, but never found that hanger . looks comfy too
Where are the soldiers going to stash their kit? They obviously won't be riding this into combat (that's what APCs are for) but there don't seem to be room for all the stuff soldiers carry...
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. looks comfy too 
