Snatch Land Rover
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Snatch Land Rovers are used as protected transport vehicles by the British Army. The name “Snatch” was coined as the vehicle was used in during the Troubles in Northern Ireland to take suspects off the streets. [1]
Manufactured as the CAMAC CAV 100 by NP Aerospace[2], they were first seen in Northern Ireland as an inexpensive and speedy way of transporting troops during the Troubles[3]. Now used in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are based on the 4.0 tonne GVW Ricardo Land Rover Defender chassis, fortified with CAMAC composite armour to offer the crew protection against kinetic energy projectiles and explosions. They are also fitted with electronic counter-measures (ECMs), which are designed to prevent Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploding.
[edit] References
- ^ Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Michael Smith, Focus: Is the army putting money before lives?,The Sunday Times, June 25, 2006 online edition
- ^ The Defense Supplier's Directory, armedforces.co.uk, accessed 28 July 2007
- ^ Q&A: Army Land Rover row BBC news, Tuesday, 27 June 2006
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