Ukraine received Senator MRAP armored vehicles from Canada — features of military equipment

The Armed Forces of Ukraine received a batch of new Canadian-made MRAP Senator armored personnel carriers. It is noted that, unlike the previous version, the new armored vehicle has improved anti-mine protection, which gives additional advantages when performing various tasks on the battlefield, reports FREEDOM.

“Any unit of armored vehicles is important and necessary for us. This is an armored vehicle for 10 servicemen,” said Ihor Romanenko, the founder of the “Close the sky of Ukraine” foundation.

Unlike the usual Senator armored cars, this version boasts improved protection against mines. As a result, such armored vehicles are more suitable for a wide range of tasks.

“The MRAP-type Senator armored car has a V-shaped bottom, and it has been tested to perform combat tasks in mine conditions, for example, if a mine has been hit,” Romanenko explained.

The seats installed in the cabin are equipped with a damping system that minimizes the impact of the energy of the explosion.

“This gives importance to this type of machine, which is necessary to solve the problem both in defense and in attack, because in order to overcome the second and third lines in the south of the Zaporizhzhia region, we need to solve problems at the expense of personnel – sappers, and then our infantry on armored vehicles enter these corridors. It is desirable that they have anti-mine protection,” Ihor Romanenko pointed out.

This design also helps to absorb and dissipate the energy of the explosion, further increasing the vehicle’s resistance to it.

“Taking into account the fact that the summer experience appeared, namely that the enemy built a sufficiently fortified defense system with a large number of mines of various types, there was a need not just to have armored vehicles, but armored vehicles that could perform tasks in such conditions,” he noted founder of the “Close the sky of Ukraine” fund.

Canadian Senators can withstand Excalibur fire at a range of 30 meters and a speed of 695 m/s. They can also withstand the detonation of a 6-kilogram charge of an anti-tank mine. This modification was presented at the end of the spring of this year.