Armored Military Vehicles in Combat

MRAP and other armored vehicles in combat operations across arid landscapes, highlighting military presence and tactical deployments.

United States Marine Corps MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a combat operation in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan

United States Marine Corps MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a combat operation in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan

030312-M-9124R-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Grizzly Country: Kuwait (KWT)

An MRAP vehicle patrols the ridge of a wadi near Kunduz, Afghnanistan.

040411-M-8703S-009. Base: USMC Air Ground Combat Center State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 1ST Marines

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, prepare artillery rounds for a French CAESAR self-propelled howitzer with members of French Forces in Djibouti near Arta, Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2022. French and U.S. forces familiarized each other with artillery tactics and standard operating procedures. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment conduct tank movements with the M1 Abrams tanks during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 11, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

030320-M-5150A-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030331-M-0175R-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030320-M-3138H-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A tank drives by to provide better security for the Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, as they prepare to search a village for Taliban fighters in the early morning, April 18, 2012. The Marines and sailors with Charlie Co. took part in a month long operation where they cleared the Gostan valley of enemy forces.

US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Weapons Company, aboard High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) fire 50 Caliber guns during a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A number of US Marine Corps (USMC) High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) and Medium Tactical Replacement Vehicles (MTRV), line up in a convoy for a trek across open desert, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041116-M-0036Y-001. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

October 30, 2010 - U.S. Marines ground guide Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) at Auxiliary Airfield 6, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

030230-M-4419R-040. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 operate bulldozers and scrapers as they prepare the area for camp during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

041118-M-3988H-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Taqaddum Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041002-F-2034C-005. Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Several tanks of the Jordanian Armed Forces are positioned ahead of a training event during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 13, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

040810-F-0193C-007. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

A British Armed Forces Snatch Land Rover patrol vehicle parked next to other military vehicles

Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division receive signal equipment on Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Oct. 1, 2022.Signal equipment is important for defense from air based attacks.

The Oshkosh M-ATV is an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle commonly found in Afghanistan.

A United States Marine Corps CH-53 "Sea Stallion" hovering about fifty feet above the ground. A sling load of cargo dangles under the helicopter. US Marines stand at screen left and a M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), painted desert camouflage colors is at screen right. The helicopter is delivering supplies at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

040702-M-2900S-003. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030319-M-4419R-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Bear Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Members of the Kansas National Guard download vehicles after arriving to Saudi Arabia for the Friendship One 2009 bilateral training exercise. FS One 09 is a force-on-force field training exercise to enhance logistical support and interoperability between U.S and Royal Saudi Land Forces. This is the first large scale exercise between the two countries since the 1991 Gulf War.

U.S. Marine Corps with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct tactical patrols during Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 24, 2022. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in the Integrated Training Exercise to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.

Egyptian soldiers man M-2 .50-caliber machine guns atop M-113 armored personnel carriers during a demonstration for visiting dignitaries, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Members of B Battery, 7th Bn., 9th Field Arty. Regt., Inf. Div., fire a 105mm M-102 howitzer during a live-fire exercise at the Pohakuloa Training Area. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031104-F-9629J-010. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060425-A-7969G-009. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

051223-A-5745M-064. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIVISION

040614-M-8530M-049. Base: Karabilah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: K/03/7

AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) move out across the desert during Exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: EAGER MACE 92-1 Country: Kuwait (KWT)

US Army Sergeant Amina Hagan, 10th Combat Support Hospital (CSH), Fort Carson, Colorado, refuels a 100kw generator with the assistance of USA Specialst Fourth Class Naomi Starr, USA SPECIALIST Fourth Class Claude Mansker observes the operation. The generator is being used to power the 10th CSH's field hospital at Roosevelt Field, Fort Carson, Colorado. The field hospital was set up to give members of the 10th CSH a chance to review and practice what they have learned. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile launchers of Battery E, 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, line the desert horizon during Operation DESERT SHIELD. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, fire an M777 Howitzer during Summer Shield at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 26, 2022. Summer Shield is one of U.S. Army Europe and Africas multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe that make up Defender Europe 22. Defender demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

A left side view of an Iraqi FROG-7 Free Rocket Over Ground (FROG) artillery rocket system Transporter-Erector-Launcher (TEL) captured during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030224-M-0367H-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

060405-A-1211S-102. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Cob Speicher Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Riding in on a Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) the Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol through an Afghan village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

A convoy of German Army TPz Fuchs armored personnel carriers and combat vehicles train for Afghanistan deployment during Exercise Bora at Letzlingen Army Training Center, Germany.

A M198 155mm Medium Towed Howitzer from Bravo Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Regiment is positioned with the aid of a M923 5-Ton Truck during a combined arms live fire exercise. The M198 is constructed of aluminum and steel, and is air transportable by CH-53E helicopter and C-130 or larger fixed-wing aircraft. Maximum effective range with conventional ammunition is 22,400 meters (13.92 miles) and with a rocket-assisted projectile, 30,000 meters (18.64 miles). Base: Mcb, Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030404-M-5150A-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tank BN

060411-A-6365W-238. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030312-M-9124R-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Grizzly Country: Kuwait (KWT)

View of the business end of an M198 Medium Towed Howitzer. US Marines from Third Battalion, Eleventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division use combinations of variable timed fuses and different powered charges, including super 8, green, white, and red bag, also an assortment of 155mm rounds including high explosive, concrete piercing, white phosphorous, illumination, killer junior, beehive, anti-tank and anti-personnel rounds to create specific effects on target. The entire weapons system, which weighs 16,000 pounds, is manned by 7 men and a chief and can fire up to 30,000 meters. The most common round used during training was the High Explosive (HE) round which weighs 96 pounds and has .... Complete Scene Caption: View of the business end of an M198 Medium Towed Howitzer. US Marines from Third Battalion, Eleventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division use combinations of variable timed fuses and different powered charges, including super 8, green, white, and red bag, also an assort

030414-M-8539K-002. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Mar Div DM

030220-M-8539K-001. Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

Camp Condor, Iraq - The Snatch Land Rover patrol vehicle used by the British Army

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) use a motorized earthmoving scraper and two bulldozers while preparing a camp in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

011017-A-3639G-027. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Camp Bondsteel State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

030129-M-2081S-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Commando Country: Kuwait (KWT)

040627-M-8096M-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 7th Army Infantry Brigade provide security from an M1A1 Bradley tank in Hit, Iraq, during a claims payment April 29, 2007, during a claims payment visit by U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors with Regimental Combat Team 2's legal department.

SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (Sept. 3, 2022) - U.S. Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit move a Sensing Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB), Sept. 3. A Sensing EAB provides amplified information in support of surveillance, reconnaissance, and fires technologies, in order to expand maritime domain awareness and extend the reach of amphibious capabilities. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is underway conducting integrated training operations with the 13th MEU in the U.S. 3rd Fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment.

November 8, 2006 - Two Marines watch the surrounding desert during a Mounted Combat Patrol providing humanitarian aid in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.

Members of the French Forces in Djibouti load a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer as part of a training and familiarization event with U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, near Arta, Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2022. The training and familiarization event gave U.S. personnel a chance to get hands-on experience with French CAESARs. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), and members of the 5th RIAOM, French Forces in Djibouti (FFDJ), conduct a joint artillery live-fire operation in Djibouti, April 11, 2022. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, regularly trains with and works alongside allied and partner nations, coalition forces and interagency/intergovernmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in East Africa.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Geranen, of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade (Long Range Surveillance Detachment), engages a Taliban fighting positions with an AT4 rocket near the village of Allah Say, Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2007.

Security police personnel arrive in a peace keeper vehicle. After being notified that there was a perpetrator who had taken control of Launch Facility-L4 during Friday's recapture exercise, the security police secure the area and give aide to the injured personnel. Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 82nd Aviation Brigade unload their gear from UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as their unit relocates during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Soldiers from the 122nd Engineer Co, 101st Airborne Division, prepare to go out on a road clearance patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, on February 19, 2006, during Operation Trail Blazer. The 101st is currently deployed in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Released) (US Army photo by Private First Class William Servinski II). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060424-A-7969G-011. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

041014-F-8946M-011. Base: Camp Caldwell State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

HUMVEE Driving Through Mud Puddle, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

A U.S. Marine scans the distance through a gunsight on an M4 from atop an LAV-25 during a combat operation on the flat, open desert terrain of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province.

U.S. Marines with Operations Licensing and 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Combat Logistics Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and Dutch Royal Marines with 2nd Marine Combat Group prepare to drive during a tactical vehicle familiarization course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 19, 2022. 1st MLG accepted the Dutch Royal Marines request to train with U.S. Marines tactical vehicles to familiarize themselves with Marine Corps vehicles so they can be equipped to utilize U.S. equipment should the need arise.

041203-M-0036Y-039. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040601-M-8096M-005. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

An M-ATV, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle at a U.S. Marine Corps Combat Outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

DA-SC-88-04587. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030324-A-XXXXX-273. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 2nd Armored Combat Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, ground guides a vehicle passing through the Santa Fe checkpoint at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, California, August 4, 2022. All vehicles driving through the checkpoint require a ground guide to maintain safety.

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III on landing approach near the forward aerial refueling point operated by Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. On the ramp sits a CH-53 Sea Stallion, left, and AH-1W Super Cobras, right. A fuel transfer station sits in the foreground. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

An M110 203 mm (8-inch) self-propelled howitzer moves down a road during a field training exercise. Country: Unknown

060201-F-3963C-045. Base: Ali Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, and Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload ammunition from Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements in preparation for an upcoming range during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 4, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

030626-A-9765G-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051006-A-8024C-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

HMMW, or Humvee, drives through puddles of water on a muddy road in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) on the move during COMBINED ARMS EXERCISE (CAX) 2-01, at Marine Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty-Nine Palms, CA.The AAV is an armored assault amphibious full-tracked landing vehicle. Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) on the move during COMBINED ARMS EXERCISE (CAX) 2-01, at Marine Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty-Nine Palms, CA.The AAV is an armored assault amphibious full-tracked landing vehicle.

Iraqi civilians in the town of Al Fay, are questioned by US Marine Corps (USMC) members with the Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT1), as USMC M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) roll by in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030324-M-5150A-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

041109-M-2789C-057. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040601-M-8096M-007. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

040410-M-8703S-012. Base: USMC Air Ground Combat Center State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 1ST Marines

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 2nd Battalion (BN), 11th Marine Regiment, move in line formation in front of a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7.5-ton tactical truck, while conducting live-fire exercises during Convoy Operations training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Center (MAGTFTC) 29 Palms, California (CA). Convoy Operation training is now part of the overall Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) training due to changes in campaign operations in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Several tanks of the Jordanian Armed Forces are positioned ahead of a training event during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 12, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle and its predecessor, the humvee.

A stinger missile leaves its tube on an M-1097 AVENGER as Marines of 2d Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion show off their capabilities during FireEX. The AVENGER has eight Stinger missiles and one .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Chassis. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D LAAD

DA-SC-88-04584. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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