MRAP: A Limited Capability

Abstract

If a Marine was asked on the first day of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), what the greatest threat confronting him was, it is unlikely he would have said the improvised explosive device (IED). However, the IED has accounted for 41% of all deaths or 1,594 US service-member deaths, making it the number one source of casualties.1 To counter the threat of the IED, the Marine Corps is acquiring 2,225 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.2 However, the Marine Corps should limit MRAP?s acquisition and planned use to what is urgently needed in Iraq because the MRAP vehicle has logistical problems, lacks maneuverability, and is irrelevant to tomorrow's battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 19, 2008
Accession Number
ADA508971

Entities

People

  • D. R. Stark

Organizations

  • Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosively Formed Penetrators
  • Explosives
  • Force Protection
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Iraqi-War
  • Maintenance
  • Marine Corps
  • Shaped Charges
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.