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Protecting Army vehicles and their personnel from attack by improvised explosive devices, rocket propelled grenades, and heavy-caliber machineguns has become a priority mission in Iraq.(Brief Article)

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Protecting Army vehicles and their personnel from attack by improvised explosive devices, rocket propelled grenades, and heavy-caliber machineguns has become a priority mission in Iraq. Providing help has been the M1117 Guardian armored security vehicle, which the Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support is fielding through the Army Field Support Battalion-Iraq directly to troops in combat. The Guardian is designed to meet the security needs of military police Soldiers on patrol. It carries a three-person crew and is equipped with a modular, expandable armor system of ceramic ...

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