Mercedes-Benz G270 - (Gelandewagen (G Wagon) - Ottawa, Ontario - Military Ground Equipment Displays on Waymarking.com

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A narrow escape

In December 2005, Afghan insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device that destroyed the front of the G-Wagen. Captain Manuel Panchana-Moya, Privates Ryan Crawford and Russel Murdock, and a journalist were saved by the vehicles protective armour. The blast threw the vehicle's engine nearly seven meters.

From the Canadian War Museum Website:

On December 12, 2005, 90 km east of Kandahar, the explosion of an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) triggered by Afghan insurgents destroyed the front end of a Canadian military vehicle. The force of the blast throws the vehicle's engine seven metres away. Yet, its occupants - three soldiers and a Canadian journalist - survived with relatively minor injuries. The armour plating on the Gelandewagen (G Wagon), a light utility vehicle manufactured by Mercedes-Benz Canada, saved their life. Had they been travelling in the “soft-skinned” vehicle previously used by the military, the Bombardier Iltis, they likely would not have survived. The G Wagon was introduced into Afghanistan in 2004 to better protect personnel from an array of threats including the explosive effects of IEDs. It is the latest example of the continuous evolution of military vehicles to accommodate changing field conditions and new technologies.

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