Archive for the ‘Military Vehicles’ category

LAV 25 Military Vehicle

August 6th, 2009

LAV-25 is one of the eight LAV models. LAV vehicles are a family of eight-wheeled light armored vehicles with four wheel drive transferable to 8 wheel drive. They are produced by the General Dynamics Land Systems, Canada. LAV design was based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha I 8×8 family of armored fighting vehicles and they [...]

M1 Abrams Military Vehicles

August 6th, 2009

The M1 Abrams is the main battle tank of the US army, it is produce in the US and it has become the main battle tank of several other armies worldwide while being considered one of the best tanks ever produced. It has been designed to be employed in any combat zone, in order to [...]

The Bradley Fighting vehicle system comprises the M2 infantry fighting vehicle and the M3 cavalry fighting vehicle manufactured by the BAE Systems Land and Armaments. The Bradley vehicles were designed both to transport troops in the battle field and to act as tank-killers. The first models appeared in the early `80s and while the first [...]

The Humvee (HMMWV) is a motor vehicle produced by the AM General which has substituted the Jeeps in the early 80s. Originally designed for transport of troops behind the front lines, the HMMWV has been widely used also in urban combat zones, such as in many Iraqi cities.

Jeep Military Vehicles

August 6th, 2009

The first word that comes to our minds when we think of an impossible-to-get-stuck-with vehicle is Jeep: the oldest off-road vehicle, firstly employed by the US Army during the WWII as a General Purpose(GP) Utility Vehicle. An important observation to make is that states that could afford to equip their armies with Jeeps have always [...]