Pakistan to get excess US MRAP vehicles
The US State Department has approved plans to sell excess US military Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to Pakistan in a foreign military sale (FMS) worth $198 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified US congress of the possible sale on 19 September.
For some months now there has been speculation that the US was looking to offload excess MRAP vehicles to Pakistan as the vehicles’ deployment in Afghanistan ended.
This FMS, which covers 160 Navistar MRAPs, will enhance the protection levels of Pakistan forces for counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, and will increase interoperability with the US.
The sale includes 110 MaxxPro Dash DXM, 30 MaxxPro Base DXM, 10 MaxxPro Dash DXM Ambulances, and 10 MaxxPro Recovery Vehicles with protection kits; as well as spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and equipment training, US government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistical and programme support.
According to the DSCA, the installation of vehicle accessory kits, and operator and maintainer training, will be carried out by the US following vehicle delivery.
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