MRAP Kits Completed in Record Time

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MRAP Kits Completed in Record Time
March 28, 2008
Army News Service|by Jennifer Caprioli

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. - To meet a critical warfighter need, Tobyhanna produced a month's worth of kits in just nine days.

On Feb. 11, the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command requested 30 mine resistant ambush protected vehicle kits to be completed in one week.

Last year, the U.S. Central Command announced that they may require as many as 17,700 MRAP vehicles to accommodate Soldiers. MRAP vehicles include, but are not limited to, multi-mission combat, ambulance variant and troop transport vehicles.

The MRAP vehicle is more resistant to improvised explosive devices than up-armored Humvees because it is built to deflect blasts, says Tim Knabel, lead engineer for the MRAP project. Knabel is a mechanical engineer in the Design and Development Branch, Engineering Design, Development and Manufacturing Division, Production Engineering Directorate.

"Central Command was looking for someone to just step up and get it done," says Knabel. Depot personnel received the requirement for a quick response manufacturing effort Feb. 11, and began building the bill of materials and process route sheets the same day.


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