Bushmaster IMV in Iraq

ATF Dingo of the German Army

Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) is the term for a wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC) serving as a military patrol, reconnaissance or security vehicle, such as the ATF Dingo, Mungo ESK, Bushmaster IMV or Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV). This term also applies to the vehicles currently being fielded as part of the MRAP program. Image File history File linksMetadata Bushmaster_Iraq. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Bushmaster_Iraq. ... The Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle is an Australian built wheeled armoured vehicle designed by Irish company Timoney Technology Ltd. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 571 pixels Full resolution (2102 × 1500 pixel, file size: 396 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Originally from nl. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 571 pixels Full resolution (2102 × 1500 pixel, file size: 396 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Source Originally from nl. ... ATF Dingo of the German Army KFOR task force in Kosovo The ATF Dingo is a German armored military truck based on a Unimog chassis, produced by the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. ... The German Army (German: Deutsches Heer, [IPA: heɐ]  ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... East German BRDMs on parade during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of East Germany in 1989 Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are light armoured fighting vehicles for the transport of infantry. ... ATF Dingo of the German Army KFOR task force in Kosovo The ATF Dingo is a German armored military truck based on a Unimog chassis, produced by the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. ... Mungo The Mungo ESK (Einsatzfahrzeug Spezialisierte Kräfte) is an air-transportable, armoured multirole transport vehicle of the German Army for its Airmobile Operations Division. ... The Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle is an Australian built wheeled armoured vehicle designed by Irish company Timoney Technology Ltd. ... The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all wheel drive (AWD) armored combat vehicles (ACVs) produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in current use by the US Army. ... 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. ...

IMVs were developed in response to the threats of modern warfare, with an emphasis on crew protection and mine-resistance. Similar vehicles existed long before the term IMV was coined, such as the French VAB, South African Buffel, or Soviet BTR-60. The term is coming more into use to differentiate armored wheeled APCs from tracked APCs or unarmored troop carriers. It could be considered a neologism for what might have been classified in the past as an armored scout car, such as the BRDM, but the IMV is distinguished by having a requirement to carry infantry that can dismount as well as its operational crew. VAB is an three-letter acronym with multiple meanings, including: the Vehicle Assembly Building, a large building belonging to NASA (originally known as the Vertical Assembly Building) a French armoured personnel carrier (VAB (armoured personnel carrier)) The keystroke command used in the 1999 video game called Tribes to trigger an... The Buffel was the primary mine-protected APC of the South African Army during the Angolan conflict. ... The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. ... A neologism (Greek νεολογισμός [neologismos], from νέος [neos] new + λόγος [logos] word, speech, discourse + suffix -ισμός [-ismos] -ism) is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (coined) — often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. ... A scout car is a class of military armored reconnaisance vehicle, capable of off-road mobility and often carrying mounted weapons such as machine guns for offensive capabilities and crew protection. ... The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Maschina, БОЕВАЯ РАЗВЕДЫВАТЕЛЬНАЯ ДОЗОРНАЯ МАШИНА, litterally Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle †) is...

Design

IMV's generally feature a v-hull shaped underbelly with additional crew protection features such as four- point seat belts and seats suspended from the roof or sides of the vehicle. Most feature a remote weapon system in place of a crew-served weapon system. An Otokar Cobra with a V shaped hull The V-hull is a type of vehicle armor design used on wheeled armored vehicles. ... Protector M151 with an M2 heavy machine gun on a M1126 Stryker A Remote Weapon Station or Remote Weapon System, (RWS) is a remotely controlled weapon station for light and medium caliber weapons which can be installed on any type of vehicle or other platforms (land- and sea-based). ...

External links

• Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMVs) from General Dynamics Land Systems
• Bushmaster IMV
• Project Bushranger
• Bushmaster Army Guide