U.S. MRAP Armored Vehicle in Iraq

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:17 am

Cool Humvee replacement with anti-mine and anti-IED protection.. Appears there are over 2000 of these in service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Would look great in 1:18..

Story here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23188032/

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:24 pm

that is sooo cool looking!

MilitaryMike23 · Post by **MilitaryMike23** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:39 am

yes, let me tell you it is amazing .... i am currently in iraq and we just got one ... my team had turned in our humvee for it and i am the gunner of it ... the thing is the best thing yet, maybe a little ahead of its time as there are 0 part for it if it goes down but yes i would love to see it in 1:18th i would buy it and save it id also like ot see an ASV (m1117) another truck i was in for a long time

Ruger · Post by **Ruger** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:46 am

I'm not speaking ill of the vehicle at all, but I do have to ask, which one is it? Those two pictures aren't of the same vehicle, at least, not with enough similarity to be considered interchangable. The first seems to lack the unique underbody shaping that is supposed to be such a key part of the MRAP. Perhaps one is a specialized variant, or a pre-production model? In either case, I'm going to have to disagree, I don't think it would make a good 1:18 vehicle at all. Not even worth producing in 1:18. Now 1:32, like all the rest of my collection, that's another story...

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:22 am

FOV just released they were doing one in 1/32 and I can't wait to HOLD ON, never mind, they just canceled it.

MilitaryMike23 · Post by **MilitaryMike23** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:05 pm

yes those r the cat 2 types i think ... the one we have is the 1224