V-hull

This article is about armoured fighting vehicle chassis. For V-shaped watercraft hulls, see Chine (boating).
The V-hull on the Marine Personnel Carrier (highlighted in green) protects well against IEDs, but raises the center of mass, increasing the likelihood of rollovers.

The V-hull is a type of vehicle armor design used on wheeled armored personnel carriers (APCs), infantry mobility vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and MRAPs. The design originated in the 1970s with vehicles such as the Casspir used extensively during the South African Border War, Leopard security vehicle[1] used in the Rhodesian Bush War[2] and South African armored vehicle company Land Systems OMCs and Buffels.[3]

  1. ^ "Leopard - Land Mine Resisting Vehicle". Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  2. ^ "The Echos of an African War Archive". Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  3. ^ "MachineDesign.com: Tough enough to take on land mines". Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-07-01.