Roads safety

Oshkosh Debuts M-ATV 6X6 at AUSA

Oshkosh Defense debuted its Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected All-Terrain Vehicle 6x6 at the Association of the US Army's annual exposition, a technology demonstrator vehicle that provides protection and off-road capability at about half the cost of a wheeled armored personnel carrier, John Bryant, Oshkosh senior vice president for defense programs, said.

Oshkosh has a rich history in M-ATV building, having delivered over 10,000 M-ATV 4x4 vehicles worldwide with 8,700 of those for the US Army, Bryant told Defense News last week.

The M-ATV program is considered the last MRAP program created in response to an urgent need for MRAP-level protection in a vehicle that had superior off-road capability, he said. Just a few short months after the contract award, Oshkosh was delivering 1,000 M-ATVs a month.