From Kabul to Kyiv: The M1117 Armored Car’s Second Life in Ukraine
A Blast from Afghanistan’s Past
Ukraine is about to inherit some of the strangest GWOT (Global War on Terror) hangovers on wheels: the Mobile Strike Force Vehicle, better known as the Afghan-specific version of the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (officially called the Guardian).
The Pentagon’s Detroit Arsenal just announced plans to buy 65 of these things for Ukraine from Textron (a…




