Vehicles For Change
Current counter-insurgency operations are occurring in vast theatres in North Africa and the Middle East, often in semi-arid and desert conditions. This is spurring...
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
The military vehicle maintenance market is in a state of transition: The model that came into play over a decade of US-led combat operations...
Class War
It is said that vehicles, like humans, gain weight as they get older. This is certainly the case for Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs). This...
Invisible Strykers
The US Army’ 2nd Cavalry Unit stationed in Vilsek, southeast Germany is evaluating the Saab Barracuda Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) on its General Dynamics...
AMVs Arrived in UAE
The first batch of Patria AMV (Armoured Modular Vehicle) eight-wheel drive platforms have begun to arrive in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as of...
Patria goes Swimming
Patria, the Finnish wheeled combat vehicle developer, announced earlier in March that has developed a new eight wheel drive armoured vehicle designed for amphibious...
Enhanced Firepower in the Sights of US Army IBCTs
The US Army hopes to commence production of its new Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle by 2020.
The MPF is envisaged by the force...
USMC MRZR-D4 Expected to be fielded in April 2017
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) expects to conclude the fielding of its new Polaris Defence MRZR-D4 four-wheel drive vehicles by April 2017, the...
Fuel Cells Offer Promise
Hydrogen fuel cell electric powered vehicles are viewed as having great promise as alternative to traditional petrol or diesel engines.
That the military is giving...
Polaris Introduces MRZR Diesel Vehicle
Historically, militaries around the world have preferred diesel, and multi-fuel, engines in their vehicles. This has caused problems introducing commercial All Terrain Vehicles (ATV)...
