Of the nearly 9,000 delivered MaxxPro units to the military, the Department of Homeland Security is apparently taking delivery (apparently through the U.S. Army Forces Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico VA, via the manufacturer – Navistar Defense LLC) of an undetermined number of the recently retrofitted 2,717 ‘Mine Resistant Protected’ MaxxPro MRAP vehicles for service on the streets of the United States.

As these MRAP’s return from overseas/Afghanistan, and although it is apparently unknown exactly how many are being delivered, or have been delivered to DHS, I decided to dig slightly deeper and discover more about the vehicle itself…

The new DHS sanctioned ‘Street Sweeper’ (my own slang due to the gun ports) is built by Navistar Defense (NavistarDefense.com), a division within the Navistar organization.
Under the Navistar umbrella are several other companies including International Trucks, IC Bus (they make school buses), Monaco RV (recreational vehicles), WorkHorse (they make chassis), MaxxForce (diesel engines), and Navistar Financial (the money arm of the company).

From Navistar Defense:

The International® MaxxPro® is Navistar Defense’s Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle and incorporates the latest design in armoring technology. Extensively tested by the military and used in theater today, the MaxxPro features a V-shaped hull and other design features that greatly improve survivability.

MaxxPro® MRAP specifications:

Length: 254″ (21.2 feet)
Width: 102″ (8.5 feet)
Height: 120″ (10 feet)
Wheel base: 153″ (12.8 feet)
Curb weight: 37,850 lbs. (18.9 tons)
Engine: MaxxForce® 9.3

The MaxxPro MRAP is built to withstand ballistic arms fire, mine blasts, IEDs, and other emerging threats. Its V-shaped hull helps deflect blasts out and away from the crew and its armoring can be customized to meet any mission requirement.

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The installation contract retrofits 2,717 vintage MaxxPro vehicles (work performed in West Point, Mississippi) with a new rolling chassis. This chassis enhancement included the addition of the DXM™ independent suspension, a MaxxForce® 9.3 engine, and a 570 amp alternator and driveline. The work was completed at the end of May 2012. A subset of the work was completed May 2012, while all work is expected to be complete by the end of October 2013.

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/government...street-sweeper/

Here is the contract Thunderbird--http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contrac...contractid=4701

Government routinely move material around different agency's to avoid questions--black programs ect.. just because DHS did not file the request does not mean they cannot have them

So, have you all decided if this is just normal governmental purchases or something more sinister?

Quote: Thunderbird wrote in post #45

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Quote: The_Nevadan wrote in post #44

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Do you think the pictures supplied have different ID numbers on all of the MRAP's pictured? Or is it simply that the people that photoshopped it changed the numbers?

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DHS has a total of 16 light armored vehicles, nationwide..and there is no outstanding order for them to get 2700 more.

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Of course . . . everything the Marxist oligarchy's MSM says about such things is

absolute truth.

/sarc

ROTFLOL to the max.

Quote: Eglman wrote in post #47

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Here is the contract Thunderbird--http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contrac...contractid=4701

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Quote: The_Nevadan wrote in post #49

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Actually you are incorrect. First you claimed two and then 16. The actual number is 32. HSI operates 16 and CBP operates ANOTHER 16 so Homeland Security of which both agencies are part of operates 32.

All 32 MRAPs “operated by HSI and CBP were provided free of charge from the Department of Defense” in 2008, Feinstein said.

http://www.hstoday.us/industry-news/gene...3f772d6c58.html

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Quote: Thunderbird wrote in post #52

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Quote: The_Nevadan wrote in post #49

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Actually you are incorrect. First you claimed two and then 16. The actual number is 32. HSI operates 16 and CBP operates ANOTHER 16 so Homeland Security of which both agencies are part of operates 32.

All 32 MRAPs “operated by HSI and CBP were provided free of charge from the Department of Defense” in 2008, Feinstein said.

http://www.hstoday.us/industry-news/gene...3f772d6c58.html

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I never claimed DHS only had just two of these vehicles, I said the 100s of photos being claimed as evidence were the same two vehicles.

I stand by my statement that DHS has 16 vehicles total, your quibble that Customs and Border Patrol have some too notwithstanding.

The fact is the goverment ISNT buying huge quantities of MRAPS for internal use, despite what a number of people have been claiming and inferring.

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