updated Sat. August 24, 2024
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Washington Examiner
December 21, 2017
I'm morally sympathetic to President Trump's sale of M107A1 sniper rifles to Ukraine. That rifle will afford Ukrainian ground forces a potent means of attacking light-medium armored vehicles utilized by Russian-supported rebels. But while I recognize the tactical opportunities here, I'm concerned how thisÃâà...
Yahoo News
October 15, 2017
The Army is reportedly still testing three additional Active Protection Systems for use on its light and medium armored vehicles: the Israeli Iron Fist, the American Iron Curtain and the German Active Defense System. There seems to be little mention of an earlier system offered by Raytheon called Quick Kill.
DefenseNews.com
February 10, 2016
RTD is in negotiations with Egypt to supply trucks, as well as light- and medium-armored vehicles, he said. The company has already delivered more than 1,500 trucks to the Egyptian forces. The company has just signed a contract with ODAS to deliver some 100 VAB Mark2 to Lebanon, he said. ODAS isÃâà...
Defense Update
May 9, 2015
Kurganets-25 family of armored combat vehicles includes two members of a new family of medium- armored vehicles designed to replace the BMP-2 and MT-LB platforms in mechanized formations of the Russian army. Like their predecessors, the new vehicles have amphibious capability, enablingÃâà...
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 11, 2014
The report covers upgrades and retrofits to medium armored vehicles; main battle tanks; medium mine-resistant vehicles; light protected vehicles; and other armored vehicles. The report also covers the armored vehicle upgrade and retrofit market over the next decade in the 20 leading national markets: theÃâà...
TIME
October 2, 2012
In July, Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan wrote in Foreign Affairs that “the heavily-protected vehicles were no more effective at reducing casualties than the medium armored vehicles.” And the MRAPs are “three times as expensive as medium protected vehicles.” The study suggested that the “40,000 savedÃâà...