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Cougar MRAP vs MaxxPro MRAP: how to tell them apart

Two light armoured vehicles that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.

Cougar MRAP, light armoured vehicle from USA

Cougar MRAP

Light armoured vehicle, USA. In service since 2002

What gives it away

Tall, box-shaped MRAP with a V-shaped hull, four or six wheels, a short bonnet and many small armoured windows.

Used by

USA, United Kingdom (Mastiff, Ridgback), Canada, Italy, Poland and others

Photo: Photographs by Radosław Drożdżewski (User:Zwiadowca21), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
MaxxPro MRAP, light armoured vehicle from USA

MaxxPro MRAP

Light armoured vehicle, USA. In service since 2007

What gives it away

Very tall four-wheeled MRAP with a V-shaped hull and a large boxy armoured body.

Used by

USA, Ukraine, Pakistan and others

Photo: Dainomite, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
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