Cougar H MRAP APC

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected / Armored Personnel Carrier - United States

The Cougar H 4x4 is an armored personnel carrier in the category of MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle). The Cougar is designed and manufactured by the American company Force Protection, now a subsidiary of General Dynamics. The Cougar could be configured to complete a wide variety of mission requirements. The vehicle can serve as a mine-proof troop transport vehicle, a law enforcement special response vehicle, a weapons platform, or an escort protection vehicle. The Cougar was scalable, meaning that it could be used for humanitarian efforts, as well as combat, by detaching the arms and gun systems to look less lethal, but still protecting the crew against threats. The Cougar is equipped with multi-point, racing-style harnesses; so, if the vehicle rolled 360 degrees, the passengers inside would avoid injuries. The Cougar 4x4 H can transport six passengers with combat equipment, and can be configured for Command and Control, EOD, Patrol, Convoy Support, Forward Observation, Reconnaissance, Med-Evac, and more. The vehicle is produced since 2002. Several thousands of these vehicles are in service with the US Armed Forces. Other countries of the Cougar MRAP and its variants are Canada, Iraq, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The Cougar is also used by the British army under the name Ridgeback. In July 2022, the first batch of 140 Cougar armored vehicles arrived in Poland. On December 21, 2022, the United States Department of Defense announced the supply of 37 Cougar MRAP vehicles to Ukraine. 

Cougar 4x4 MRAP variants:

- Cougar 4x4 HEV: Hardened Engineer Vehicle
- Cougar 4x4 ENGR:
- Cougar JERRV EOD 4x4: Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Rapid Response Vehicle
- Cougar JERRV EOD 4x4 CAT I A1:
- Cougar 4x4 IBPM:
- Cougar 4x4 LSB:
- Cougar 4x4 A2 ECP:
- Cougar 4x4 RT:
- Cougar 4x4 ISS: