M1224 MaxxPro MRAP Show-and-Tell with Army Vet 'JB'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2021
- Can a truck be too tall? The second video in the MRAP series has JB return to give us a tour of the International 'MaxxPro'
Filmed at the National Armor and Cav Collection at Ft. Benning in GA.
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This is really cool. I was in the Marines and drove MRAPs and MATVs in afganistan. Brings back some memories. In my experience these vehicles provided the protection that we needed against IEDs. We were very luck to have no KIA due to the IEDs we encountered. Some other units were not that lucky. The injuries we experienced were mainly from broken bones while being tossed around the vehicle. The most common injury I saw was the gunner's nose being broken due to hitting the machine-gun after being thrown upwards and then brought back down due to the safety harness. Better than being tossed completely out of the vehicle.
“ water cans because the desert is hot “ WTF
"Talk about fire extinguishers; this baby's got TIRE EXTINGUISHERS!" *slaps hood
Finally we get to see modern vehicle, every military geek needs more of this! It's so rare to see the present being talked about when it comes to vehicle, but you guys are showing us what is currently fielded which is amazing!
how many of those did Biden leave in Afghanistan
Cougar > All other MRAPs
Super cool. My first time in an MRAP I was climbing up the the drivers position. No one told me the doors were hydrologic. Grabbed the door handle to pull myself up and almost smushed myself in the 300lb armored door. Fun times 😂
SCOUTS OUT!!!
I helped run the flightline in Balad 05 we moved in some of those MRAPs along with the humvee bolt on armor kits. Thank you to those Army guys who kept us safe inside the wire.
I was a driver/dismount on the Maxx-pro. A beast. We had Maxx-pro as well as ASV's. Nobody wanted the ASV (though better armed). Only draw back is the heighth of the vehicle made it easier to flip over, outside of that it was a reliable vehicle that we felt fairly safe in. We actually had one of the better vehicles that had some bettter technology. We had VC and DVE thermals, Wizard and a device that would indicate direction of incoming fire as well as the mine roller. Several vehicles did get hit with small arms and one DBIED which turned a vehicle over. We took no casulties in our company. Infantryman working convoy/route security, FOB q-west 2010.
"Tell the guys in back to... do guys in back stuff" As a former guy in the back, can confirm
Imagine someone saying
Yooo I remember when they fielded these! I was at Rustamiyah when we got orders to ride to BIAP to pickemup from a railhead. We nicknamed them the Dinosaur hunting trucks because they look like something from Jurassic Park.
JB is an absolute treasure. Another great video, Sofi! Thanks!
JB knocks it outta the park once again!!!
I'll say it again, JB sounds like the kind of NCO I want on my team or as a shipmate. Sofi, the look you often have on your face tells me you are enjoying yourself, especially when the veterans or civilian subject matter experts are telling their stories.
I used to see these driving through my town and I have a soft spot for these IH badboys.
Best ac unit I ever had. Those doors are crazy. Especially when the chain lock gets caught
MAN that thing is NAKED!!!! In Iraq in 2010, I served as part of a convoy security team. We had spot and floodlights all over the place, the MEAP armor kit (It was a Maxx Pro +), we had home made wire mitigation kits on each side, and we had the hot box out front for IR seekers. This things plain!!! LOL
So cool having a veteran go through it with us!