DJ Hero Review
Nissan's LandGlider Narrow track vehicles - the convergence of the car and the motorcycle
Emue and Visa Europe have been working closely over the past 18 months to develop the Visa... Anti-fraud credit card features E-Ink display
SPDY from Google's Chromium development team has achieved 55 percent faster page loading t... Google SPDY aims to make web faster
BMW has brought back the C1 as an electric-powered concept scooter called the C1-E E is for electric: The BMW C1-E concept scooter
Yes, that's supposed to be a piece of underwear. No, me neither. C-string makes your average thong look like grannypants (NSFW)
MORE TOP STORIES »
MILITARY

State-of-the-art Explosives Ordinance Response Truck

By Mike Hanlon

22:00 April 11, 2006 PDT

State-of-the-art Explosives Ordinance Response Truck

State-of-the-art Explosives Ordinance Response Truck

Image Gallery (2 images)

The threats to homeland security that became evident on September 11 a few years back have precipitated a vastly different approach to Explosives Ordinance Response and the sophistication of the latest purpose-built vehicle from Mattman Specialty Vehicles is illustrative of the above. In the past, most bomb squads had to use an old delivery truck or if a new unit was purchased, its primary function was to carry bomb suits and other equipment. This unit is a complete operations base with a mast mounted camera, robot operator's area, exterior monitor and workstation, exterior decontamination shower, robot ramp, and awning for inclement weather. The hamburger-with-the-lot isn’t cheap, but than again, neither is human life. As photographed, the unit costs US$297,667.

Post a Comment

Login with your gizmag account:




Or Login with Facebook:


Connect

Related Articles Email this article to a friend

Just enter your friends and your email address into the form below ...




Privacy is safe with us because we have a strict privacy policy.

Recent popular articles in Military
Recent Comments