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Utility vehicles HMMWV United States: Light utility vehicle +10,000 [27] Promoter DAPC South Korea: Infantry mobility vehicle 50 Used by ISOF, possible replacement for HMMWV. [28] FMTV United States: Heavy utility truck ≈500 [29] HEMTT United States: Heavy utility truck 150 [30] MTVR United States: Medium utility truck 270 [31] Navistar 7000 ...
Armored combat support vehicles. M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle – 39. M4 Command and Control Vehicle (C2V) – 25. M9 Armored Combat Earthmover – 447. M60A1 AVLB – 125. M88A2 Hercules. M104 Wolverine – 44.
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War Military Equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
60 miles per hour (97 km/h) [ 1] The Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV), formerly called the Fast Attack Vehicle (FAV), is a Chenowth high-speed, lightly armored sandrail -like vehicle first used in combat during the Gulf War in 1991. [ 2] Due to their dash speed and off-road mobility, the DPVs were used extensively during Operation Desert Storm.
Cougar (MRAP) 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. The vehicles are integrated by Spartan Motors. [ 3]
Iraq In 2007 an order for 378 was placed, [11] [12] + 865 ordered by 2011. [citation needed] United States Fourteen ILAVs were delivered to Fort Jackson for training US Soldiers in the use of MRAPs to prevent roll over accidents. Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga are operating at least two vehicles as of September 2014. [13] Islamic State: captured [14]
Iraqi Ground Forces. The Iraqi Ground Forces ( Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army ( Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was formerly known as the Royal Iraqi Army up until the coup of July 1958.
The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB). Depending on their size or utility, the installations were called: camp, forward operating bases (FOBs), contingency operating bases (COBs), contingency operating sites (COSs), combat ...