Afghan insurgents make wreckage of armored vehicles

McClatchy by Jonathan S. Landay | Nov. 5, 2009 (News)

(Blog Post) Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, . . ." Full Story »

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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Nov. 5, 2009

U.S. troops rely on the MRAP’s V-shaped hull, which is designed to deflect explosive blasts, and heavy armored plating to protect them against the landmines and IEDs that are causing most American combat deaths in Afghanistan.

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