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It is reported about the unsuccessful operation of American armored vehicles in Ukraine. We are talking about MaxxPro armored vehicles delivered in the interests of Kiev not so long ago. These are 13-ton armored vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula. They are positioned by the manufacturer in the USA itself as a "promising replacement for HMMWV armored vehicles."
No more than a dozen such armored vehicles (International MaxxPro) have been delivered to Ukraine. The specific power of these units of equipment is up to 20 hp per ton.
International MaxxPro, which arrived on Ukrainian soil, was reportedly previously used by American troops in Iraq.
Now the Ukrainian military are sharing their impressions of the operation of these machines on social networks. It is noted that on asphalt, concrete, hard ground, the car "goes confidently, 7-9 fighters are comfortable in it." But as soon as the armored vehicles move out onto relatively loose ground, and even more so wet, problems begin. Under its own weight, MaxxPro literally buries its wheels in the ground. It becomes impossible to get out of such a "dirt trap" on your own. We have to use another armored vehicle to pull out the stuck one on the cable.
As noted by the Ukrainian military, the ground (captured in the photo) can hardly be called too wet, but this option is enough for International MaxxPro to get bogged down almost along the upper edge of the wheel.
Image source: topwar.ru
In such a situation, both the MaxxPro, which is stuck in the ground, and the one that is trying to pull it out, turn into easy targets for tanks or ATGM calculations.
