“I have seen just a few of these around the West BIAP [Baghdad International Airport] area recently,” writes DW, who’s working in Baghdad. “What can you tell us about ‘em?“
I’ve seen the vehicles, too. And I read about the things online. But, right now, I’m completely blanking on what I’ve seen and read.
Anyone wanna chip in here?
UPDATE 9:57 AM: That didn’t take long. In the comments, LauraN makes a positive ID on our mystery vehicle. The APC-1 (or, if you prefer, “The Rock”) from Granite Global Services is a Ford F 550 pickup, modified for war zones. Check out its specs and pics.
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From what the photo shows it looks like a roving armadillo with out a tail.
Whatever it is, its ugly. Looks like a rocket on the back? Maybe they modified the rocket truck you see at the air show’s to try and act like a dogtrack “rabbit” to try and bait RPG’s as it does 200MPH through Baghdad.
who cares what it looks like if it gets the job done :-)
could it be an armoured observation vehicle, seems it has all round windows etc?
I’ll Identify it. But, I need a larger picture!
Is this maybe one of the new armored vans like the one that flipped the three Congressmen a couple of weeks back? They were described as riding in a “bread-van-like” vehicle, not an armored Suburbans.
Isn’t that the beastie the call The Rock? From Granite Global Services? Recently tagged w/ IED that hardly rocked it…
Giant pencil sharpener…definitely a giant pencil sharpener.
Looks like one of the lash-ups the Rhodesians and later the South Africans built on civilian truck chassis as mine-proof transport – I think there are a couple of firms in SA who make them to a more formal design for export. They put them at the front end of convoys with mine detectors and a team of combat engineers aboard.
LauraN beat me to it. That’s the Rock. Go here for more pics.
http://graniteglobalservices.com/automotive/armored.htm
It looks like you could stick a propeller on the back and have a one man sub
Its a ‘Rock’. http://WWW.GraniteGlobalServices.com it is an incredible vehicle! Does 80 mph and is better than any crappy Suburbhan or hardened rubbish on the road. I got to drive one, they are well balanced and fast a real threat to their competition. They are now building with mine seats, I saw one recently with them fitted. They beat anything on the road in Iraq. The gun port windows are 6 inch dia. You can fire a cannon out of them. And one recently ignored a hit from an IED. It did not even wobble. As for the comment that it would roll ‘No I tried to do that, it hugs the road’. Best piece of hardware on the road now. Heard they are sending some to Afganistan and Sudan.
Looks like a ’39 Packard.
could br a portable tolet and when its full you can blow it up covering every one in shit!!!!
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