The U.S. Army fielded its first heavily-armored specialty vehicle to an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in Iraq in mid 2003, to be used in efforts to tactically approach and effectively armor against improvised explosive device attacks. The dispatch of these types of vehicles, and vehicles armored thereafter, came amidst an increased ballistic weaponry threat in that region in tandem with a shortage of appropriately armored convoy vehicles. Casualties were sustained in limited numbers due to this ineffective element alone.
International Armoring Corporation (IAC), a leading outfitter and seller of armored vehicles, recognizing a demand for expertise and coherence in this field, rose to the task of creating the most technologically advanced synthetic armor plating fitted to armored vehicles in the world. Their Armormax synthetic vehicular armor plating is the lightest and strongest ballistic-resistant material in the world, at up to 10x stronger than ballistic-resistant steel plating at almost half the incumbent weight.
Because of these advancements, International Armoring Corporation is able to fit their flexible, moldable Armormax vehicle armor to any vehicle they are provided, though they have a compiled list of vehicles they specifically prefer to armor based upon the vehicle’s capability to take to the armoring, and retain its most basic factory performance perimeters.
In Mexico last year, a federal police commander survived an attack by gunmen who fired at his vehicle as he drove in an industrial area near Tijuana International Airport. Though he was in no kind of war zone, and had not driven through a hostile territory, he found his vehicle fired upon.
Luckily, the commander was in an Armormax-armored vehicle, and escaped uninjured. The overlapping armor system that the vehicle was equipped with actually served to stop a shell fired from a point above the vehicle from breaching the cabin of the vehicle via the seam in the door.
The commander, who was not identified, had reportedly received threats after an arrest last weekend in Tijuana of three suspects believed to be linked to organized crime. The suspect or suspects who fired on the vehicle are believed to be involved with the man who was arrested, the head of the federal Attorney General’s Office in Tijuana stated.
Damage to the armored vehicle despite the large-caliber rounds that were used in the attack was minimal. The shooters were able to unleash about 50 rounds upon the vehicle, peppering it with shells of what forensics experts deemed to be between .35 mm and .50 mm shells. Impact to the front panels, hood panel, cabin roof, windshield, side windows and rear windows were all observed.
Impressively, the vehicle withstood every round thrown at it, and was able to proceed with evasive measures to escape the imminent threat. The run-flat tire system enabled the vehicle to continue rolling unimpeded once the rear tires, both of them, had been shot out. As well, there was no damage to the ballistic-proof fuel tank, nor were any vital components beneath the hood of the vehicle damaged or impacted in any way.
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