Kyiv [Ukraine], June 3: In the video posted by Mr. Rob Lee, a senior member at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (based in the US), on social network can continue and escape the battlefield.
Mr. Lee said the car was attacked by mortars and drones (UAVs) in the city of Chasiv Yar of Donetsk province, eastern Ukraine. Business Insider has not been able to independently verify the time and location of the above video.
The M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicle was produced by Navistar Defense (USA) and Plasan Sasa (Israel) in 2007, as part of the US Army's Mine Resistant Ambush (MRAP) program. According to Navistar Defense's website, MaxxPro was built to protect soldiers fighting in Iraq against improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The vehicle has V-shaped armor to help deflect explosions, ensuring the safety of the crew. This armored vehicle is introduced as "designed to counter the firepower of ballistic weapons, mines, IEDs and other emerging threats.
MaxxPro weighs more than 18 tons, and has a maximum speed of 105 km/h. The vehicle can accommodate up to 8 people, has a turret with a 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun, as well as is equipped with a Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) protection system, according to the Army website. Recognition . Last year, the US announced the transfer of 200 of these armored vehicles to Ukraine under an aid plan.
Open source intelligence website Oryx (Netherlands) statistics based on visual data that Ukraine may have lost 90 M1224 MaxxPros.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper