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Article: INSIGHT: Day of the jackal.
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- The Engineer
- Article date:
- September 29, 2008
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The iconic Land Rover has been replaced in Afghanistan by a new all- terrain fighting vehicle. Stuart Nathan reports
The face of Army patrols in Afghanistan has changed over the course of this year. Where previously soldiers had set out in armour-plated, weapons-bristling Land Rovers, since June they have had access to a very different vehicle. Dubbed the Jackal by the MoD, the patrol vehicle brings a fresh set of capabilities to the arduous conditions of Afghanistan.
The Jackal is a type of vehicle known in Army parlance as a Mobility Weapon-Mounted Installation Kit or MWMIK. In essence, it is a mobile weapons platform; a four-wheel-drive, ...