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Encyclopedia > Buffalo (mine protected vehicle)
Buffalo H
[description]
Service history
Used by United States Armed Forces, United Kingdom
Wars Iraq War
Production history
Manufacturer Force Protection Industries
Specifications
Weight 45320lbs [1]
Length 323 in
Width 102 in
Height 156 in
Crew 2+4
Armor 7.62 x 51mm NATO ball standard
All wheels and centerline mine protected
Engine Mack ASET AI-400
330 KW (450 HP)
Payload capacity 38680 lbs
Transmission Allison HD-4560P
Suspension 6x6 wheeled
Ground clearance 410 mm (15 in)
Fuel capacity 85 gal
Operational
range		 483 km (300 mi)
Speed 105 km/h (65 mph)
Buffalo mine-protected vehicle and GI
Buffalo mine-protected vehicle and GI
Buffalo showing remote manipulator arm.

The Buffalo mine protected vehicle built by Force Protection Inc is based on the successful South African Casspir mine-protected vehicle. The United States currently has a limited number of Buffaloes in service, with an order for 15 more, at a cost of $10 million.[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Buffalo_mine-protected_vehicle. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... Force Protection Cougar 4x4 Force Protection, Inc. ... Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ... Mack Trucks is one of the worlds leading truck-manufacturing companies. ... Allison Transmission is a manufacturer of automatic transmissions for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle applications. ... Six wheel drive, 6WD, and 6x6 are terms used to describe a six-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all six wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously. ... Image File history File links Buffalo_mine-protected_vehicle_and_GI.jpg‎ From: http://www. ... Image File history File links Buffalo_mine-protected_vehicle_and_GI.jpg‎ From: http://www. ... Image File history File links Buffalo_joins_full. ... Image File history File links Buffalo_joins_full. ... Force Protection Cougar 4x4 Force Protection, Inc. ... The Casspir, a combat-proven, landmine-protected personnel carrier (APC), has been in use in South Africa for over 20 years. ... “Minefield” redirects here. ...


While the Casspir is a four wheeled vehicle, the Buffalo has six wheels. They are also fitted with a large articulated arm, used for ordnance disposal. Both vehicles incorporate a "V" shaped monohull chassis that directs the force of the blast away from the occupants.[3] It is also now equipped with BAE's LROD cage armor for additional protection against RPG-7 anti-tank rounds.[4] It has been suggested that Improvised Explosive Device Disposal be merged into this article or section. ... An Otokar Cobra with a V shaped hull The V-hull is a type of vehicle armor design used on wheeled armored vehicles. ... Look up Chassis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... BAe evolution since 1955 until 1999 merger to form BAE Systems British Aerospace (BAe) was a British aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE SYSTEMS. The company was formed on April 29, 1977 by the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act. ... Cage armor on a M113 APC. Cage armor also known as bar armor or slat armor is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect from anti tank RPG-7 attacks, however it will not sufficiently protect against dual-warhead designs such as the RPG-27 and RPG-29. ... An RPG-7 captured by the United States Army. ... Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ...


Iraqi insurgents have nicknamed it "the claw", for its claw like scoop at the end of its telescopic arm. So effective is it at countering IEDs that graffiti has appeared in different areas with messages such as "Kill the Claw!" written in Arabic.[5] Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ...

Contents

Production history

Variants

  • Buffalo H

Operators

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Film

The Buffalo appeared as the vehicle aspect of the Decepticon Bonecrusher in the movie Transformers. Production designer Jeff Mann stated, "We found this image of a mine-sweeping vehicle that had a huge arm with what appeared to be a fork on the end. So we called the people who owned it, hoping there was a chance we could rent it or buy it, but when we got the data, it turned out the fork was only 14 inches wide— they had totally cheated the whole thing in Photoshop.... We had to make an appliance to fit over the existing arm, that wouldn’t bounce around too much because it was about 10 feet wide."[7] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bonecrusher is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. ... For the 1986 animated film, see The Transformers: The Movie. ... Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) published by Adobe Systems. ...


See also

The Casspir, a combat-proven, landmine-protected personnel carrier (APC), has been in use in South Africa for over 20 years. ... The Cougar is an armored fighting vehicle designed to be resistant to anti-vehicle mines and improvised munitions. ... The RG-33 is a mine-proof light armored vehicle designed by BAE Systems, using expertise from OMC in South Africa and built in York, PA, USA. It is one of several vehicles being fielded by the US Armed Forces in Iraq under the MRAP program. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... FPI Cougar HE in testing Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles are a family of armored fighting vehicles designed to survive IED attacks and ambushes. ...

References

  1. ^ http://www.forceprotection.net/models/buffalo/specs/buffalo_spec.pdf
  2. ^ Buffalo helps protect from bullets, blasts. Department of Defense (2004-09-10).
  3. ^ Combat engineers comb streets of Iraq for IEDs. Department of Defense (2005-07-08).
  4. ^ http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/baes-lrod-cage-armor-03473
  5. ^ Bomb-Busting Buffalo. Defensetech.org (2005-09-13).
  6. ^ Buffalo vehicle coverage on DefenseIndustryDaily.com
  7. ^ "The Making Of The Transformers Movie - Production Design: The Robots, The Vehicles, The Sets", ENI, 2007-06-15. Retrieved on 2007-09-13. 

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