UPDATED: New armored vehicles for the Mexican Army
Good news for the Mexican Army.
According to an official source, the Mexican Ministry of Defense has bought an unspecified number of Oshkosh Sandcat Tactical Protector Vehicles.
The Sandcat is an armored, highly-maneuverable tactical vehicle suited for urban warfare scenarios.
This is perhaps the Army’s most important purchase of state-of-the-art armored vehicles in decades.
It is not yet known when these vehicles will reach operational readiness. However, given Mexico’s current public safety crisis, the Sandcats will face action anytime soon.
Although more details regarding this purchase are still unknown, we do believe that Mexican troops are in desperate need of modern armored vehicles to effectively tackle organized crime gangs. The Sandcat will therefore receive a warm welcome among soldiers.
Update February 05: The first pictures of Mexican Sandcats were shared to us by Greyhound, senior member of www.mxarmedforces.tk military forum. We are very thankful indeed.
This move was absolutely necessary because they have a continuous fight against drug lords, and it’s needless to say gangsters have money to buy the best armored cars, so the army must keep up with renewing their cars.