Steve,
What an excellent idea and execution! Great detail shots and info . As so many of us, I have one of these in the stash and your info wil be invaluable.
many thanks.
Al

I finally find on my HD good pics from the front CREW DUKE system antenna :

I know the Cougar since I work for the company that built them. This is our company website and the Cat IA2. http://www.forceprotection.net/products/cougar_4x4/

I was thinking maybe we start these threads and get them tacked like they are in the Soviet forums. I'll start a MaxxPro one sometime soon as well, then a Cougar, then RG-31Mk5E etc.. ad nauseum. If there is interest that is. There are lots of people on this forum with intimate personal knowledge of these vehicles and I'd love it if they would also contribute.

Another thing of note that you see a lot is the Ibis Tek tow bar. These things were being mounted on every M-ATV in our squadron and can be seen in virtually every M-ATV picture you see these days. Great piece of gear.



http://www.ibistek.com/military_products/tow-bars.php

M-ATV + CROWS 2



USMC M-ATV + M327 Mortar :



Frenchy

Best I got

THX Steve,have someone mor detailled pics from this antenna ?

TIA

Part of the DUKE CREW system.

Any informations about this passenger side antenna ?



I remember that we are speacking from that some time ago, but I don't retrieve the post.
TIA

Steve, thanks for sharing these information.

The anti RPG net is a Q-Net from Qinetiq

http://www.qinetiq.com/what/products/Pages/RPG-defeat-protection-q-net.aspx

As I recall those are for Harris radios, but I'm not a commo guy so I could be wrong. Maybe someone else could chime in.

Great addition
Maybe you should ask a moderator to turn on the blog action.
If not this will disappear in the black hole.
Milo start a parallel build on the 2 kits.

Whats up with the Antenna mount on the drivers side rear? Looks like it has a flexible neck on it like a straw.

Also how common is the CROWS setup on the M-ATV? I'm planning on building mine with one, and I've only seen one or two photos and it was a destroyed vehicle.

In my experience, always left open, though that first RCP truck seems to have it enclosed. That's the only time I've ever seen it enclosed though.

First I will address acronyms and Army speak likely to be seen in this thread. I won't spell out exactly what it is, but I'll spell out what it means so you can google. If it's not on this list, google or ask. I'll update as we go if I need to.

MRAP - Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
M-ATV - MRAP All Terrain Vehicle
HESCO - www.hesco.com
CROWS II - Common Remotely Operated Weapons System
Boomerang - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang_(countermeasure)
DUKE http://www.hmmwvinscale.com/crewdukecounteriedsystem.htm
M240B/240 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M240_machine_gun
M2/M2HB/.50/Ma Duce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2HB
Mk-19
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_19_grenade_launcher
Eagle Mount - Secondary pintle mount for another weapon, typically an M240 or M249 SAW

Those are pretty interesting. Was the back enclosed as well, or left open?

That's interesting- I saw a few pictures of the sides on the bed, but I didn't realize it was just plain old unpainted plywood.

There has been a lot of traffic on this forum regarding the Oshkosh M-ATV and it's variants lately due to the new releases by Kinetic and Panda kits. I figured I would start this thread to be a depository of information regarding the M-ATV, not just the specific kits as we already have those threads but just general pictures and information all in one place. Please feel free to post any M-ATV information, pictures or questions here.

I will start with some pictures of the beds of Gen 1 M-ATV's and the modifications that were made to them. Due to lack of interior stowage in the M-ATV, all ammo and equipment had to be stowed in the bed or, if they had them, in turret bustle racks. This lead to crews fabricating walls for the bed so they could better pile their gear in the back.

I saw many methods trying to do this, but the most common was plywood, cammo net, and HESCO barriers as those materials were the most common and easiest to work with.

Brand new M-ATV, one of the first in country with no modifications.



This belongs to an RCP, this one has plywood.



From the same RCP, this one has a unique custom metal walls with built in door. Only one I ever saw like this.



One of our trucks with Anti RPG netting and Camo netting wall



Our local ETT Teams trucks all had plywood bolted to the outside



Same truck as above.