NEWTOWN, Conn. - The U.S. Army is trying to find customers for its surplus MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles. These vehicles were widely used in Iraq, but the U.S. Army no longer has a need for its entire inventory after its withdrawal from that country.

A few foreign militaries have acquired surplus MRAPs, but customers showing greater interest in these vehicles are U.S. police forces. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is helping police force acquiring surplus military equipment at low or no costs.

Recent customers for surplus MRAP vehicles include the Dallas County Sheriff's Office in Texas, the Boise and Nampa police departments in Idaho, the Yuma Police Department in Arizona, the Murfreesboro Police Department in Tennessee, Preston Police Department in Idaho, Dakota County Sheriff's Office in Nebraska, Cullman Police Department in Alabama, North Augusta Department of Public Safety (NADPS) in Georgia, Madison Police Department in Indiana, and the Ohio State University Police Department.

Others police customers for "armored vehicles" include: Boulder, Colorado; Murrieta, California; Jacksonville, North Carolina; Watauga County, North Carolina; Oxford County, Maine; and Coffeyville, Kansas, according to the New York Times. The report did not specifically say that these police departments had purchased MRAP vehicles.

Legislators in Jefferson County, New York, approved the purchase of an MRAP vehicle in October.

The Pentagon reportedly has some 200 MRAP vehicles available for sale.

Source: Forecast Intelligence Center
Associated URL: https://www.forecastinternational.com
Author: L. Dickerson, Weapon Systems