In late 2007, the Department of Defense (DOD) launched a major procurement initiative to replace most uparmored High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) in Iraq with Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles by FY2009. MRAPs have been described as providing twice as much protection against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) than uparmored HMMWVs. IEDs, at the height of their use, were responsible for about 70% of U.S. casualties in Iraq. The DOD's accelerated MRAP program, decisions to decrease the number of MRAPs procured, and MRAP's performance in urban and counterinsurgency operations raise a number of potential policy issues for congressional consideration. This report will be updated.
Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
2008
7 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Combat Vehicles , Detonations, Explosion Effects, & Ballistics , Requirements , Military procurement , Mine resistant vehicles , Performance(Engineering) , Counterinsurgency , Urban warfare , Reduction , Allocations , Mrap(Mine-resistant ambush-protected) , Mrap vehicles