These are Iraqi vehicles lined up for the Mosul mission that just started the other day.. Sorry I couldn't get a clearer pic, but anyone know what that MRAP looking vehicle is in front of the pickup truck?



Hisham

It looks like a Caiman PLUS MRAP with additional armor hung on it.

Thank you, Gino... So, is this setup with the added armor movable, so it can be raised and lowered and stuff?

Hope we see a plastic kit of this vehicle some day

Hisham

The Caiman is based on the M1083 MTV truck. It would be easy for Trumpeter to add the momocoque to the existing kit. Trumpeter in fact asked me for some overhead shots of the Caiman some years ago, so we can keep our fingers crossed. The vehicle on the pic has the armor blocks mounted before the wheels, but the blocks are fixed and cannot be moved in any way.

Here you can see the add-on armor mounting brackets on the updated MTV (Multi-Theatre Vehicle) variant of the Caiman used by the Iraqi Army :



and here the add-on armor bolted on a lower position like in the original picture (with extra plates for the front wheels) :



H.P.

I think Robert Skipper gave us a hint some time ago about a caiman before he left for work so maybe... One day a kit...