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MRAP: The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle. This specialized wheeled vehicle is specifically designed to survive land mine encounters. They were first introduced in the 1970s by the Rhodesian Army, and were further refined by South African manufacturers starting in 1974. They were essentially armored V-shaped hulls mounted on truck chassis. During the latter years of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), the US Army and Marine Corps adopted their own MRAPs to counter the persistant threat of I