Can anyone ID this truck? - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

IRWFO · 02-28-2008, 14:19

Just came across this photo.

Blake · 02-28-2008, 14:20

It looks to be based on a ford super duty chassis

WillWagner · 02-28-2008, 14:28

Yes it is,
http://www.armoredtrucks.com/

M813rc · 02-28-2008, 15:01

Here are a few more pics of one. The venerable Peacekeeper next to it gives scale. APD has several Peacekeepers, courtesy of the USAF when Bergstrom AFB was closed.

maddawg308 · 02-28-2008, 15:30

Both of those trucks are pretty schweet. Too bad most police agencies sell those surplus.

I like the armored cupola idea on the Ford. Wonder if they also utilize runflat tire inserts on them...

davidkroberts · 02-28-2008, 16:21

its a lenko bearcat. its mainly used as a swat vehicle and its based on the ford chassis used for ambulances and such. Really crappy suspension system, great turret. Medium Armor but still better than a hummer. We use them in Iraq, not perfect but reasonably practical. Air conditioner cant keep up with the 145 degree iraqi summer and could use a few more inches of ground clearance.

dave in tenn

emr · 02-28-2008, 16:33

That grey thing is goofy... It looks like something designed in europe, the ford looks like good ol" Yankee tough ...Randy

M813rc · 02-29-2008, 02:14

Goofy or not, the grey thing, aka Cadillac Gage Peacekeeper, was a production vehicle. Mainly used by the USAF for airbase security, it was built on a Dodge pickup chassis. The Lenco is the same basic concept, just newer and bigger and on a Ford chassis. Neither has much real off road ability.
I wouldn't go to war in one, but they make good SWAT vehicles, armoured enough for what most civilians can throw at them and able to go where they need to.

Odd side note- When the Peacekeepers were received from the AF, they were green. Some folks complained about the police driving 'military armoured vehicles', too aggressive and all that. So APD painted them grey and put Tactical Rescue Vehicle on the side. All better now, "It's not for aggression ma'am, it's so they can rescue your cat while under fire". "Oh, for rescue? Thank you kind cop!".
But, bought new from the factory, what colour is the new Lenco? The same green as before. Sigh....

SGTLong35 · 03-19-2008, 03:11

It might also be a variant of the new Oshkosh built MRAP. Just check out their website... It has more info.

Opie · 03-19-2008, 08:09

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Originally Posted by davidkroberts

its based on the ford chassis used for ambulances and such. Really crappy suspension system, great turret.
dave in tenn

Amen on ambulance suspensions!

Perhaps I could get my patients to the hospital faster if we has a turret on the ambulance, though...the flashing red lights don't seem to work so well.

From the vehicle markings, what does a TAWS do?

(This from an ECNALUBMA driver...)