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  • Armored Vehicles Stand Up to Threats Posed by Roadside Bombs

    02/10/2004 3:51:50 PM PST · by Cannoneer No. 4 · 49 replies · 6,572+ views
    Defend America ^ | February, 2004 | Army Corporal Joe Niesen, 350th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
    FORWARD OPERATING BASE RIDGWAY, Iraq — The U.S. Army has a few new weapons to use in its war against the threat of improvised explosive devices on Iraq 's roadways. Soldiers from the 82 nd Airborne Division's Task Force Pathfinder now use the Husky, Meerkat, Buffalo and RG-31 armored car. The soldiers, many of whom had never seen the equipment before the training they received in theater, have quickly grown fond of the vehicles, which were designed both in the United States and South Africa . "All of our training has been off-the-cuff," said Capt. Michael Biankowski, commander of A...