Yemen Huthis again demonstrated the successful outcome of the local activity Battle. The purpose of one of the husitskih groups in Yemen has become a wheeled armored vehicle American production Oshkosh M-ATV, developed by Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP). The estimated cost of this armored car, which the States plan to finally replace the HMMWV (Xamvi '), is about 450 one thousand dollars.
"Oshkosh" of the armed forces of Saudi Arabia, invading Yemen, according to some, I was ambushed by. Social media reports, that the Saudi crew of the armored car simply abandoned military equipment. by the way, this is not the first time, when saudi soldiers drop armored vehicles. Earlier, the Saudis threw Abrams tanks, whose engines remained running after an attack from the Houthis.
However, other sources state, that the entire crew died.
The "characters" in the video claim, that the armored vehicle was hit with the use of large-caliber machine guns. Traces of bullets are visible, including on bulletproof glasses. And this is another case, when “to Osh” could not stand against machine gun fire. In this regard, a new question arises regarding the level of security of "Oshkosh", sold by the United States outside of Saudi Arabia to a number of countries, including Uzbekistan, Poland, UAE and others.
Attention is drawn to the, that representatives of the Houthi group are not even trying to fully use the Oshkosh M-ATV as a trophy (excluding recovered ammunition). They douse the car with gasoline and set it on fire. After a while, the flame covers the entire inner space of the armored vehicle, from where thick black smoke begins to pour.
