The fighter was also up-armoured by 25% and carried nearly twice as many sensor decoys.

The rain, however, also made it difficult to bring up-armoured support, anti-tank guns and supplies.

Still, the 16 tons included the up-armoured cab.

With this up-armoured version, the Red Army broke through the main Finnish defensive fortification, the Mannerheim Line.

The US vice president travelled in a 11-vehicle convoy guarded by up-armoured Humvees and Apache helicopters for his foray on to the capital's streets.

Leopard 2A4 Evolution: The up-armoured Leopard 2SGs of the Singapore Army are equipped with it.

The Mk 2 is an up-armoured and fire control equipment turret which can be fitted with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon on the Mk 1B chassis.

The up-armoured M1114 Humvee variant can be seen as an adaptation of the unarmoured Humvee to serve in the IMV role.

Rolls-Royce proposed an up-armoured A27 (Cromwell) and a more thorough redesign of the A27 with stronger suspension and armour equivalent to the Churchill.

With up-armoured LAV IIIs, G-Wagons and combat engineer vehicles, the convoy at first glance gave an intimidating impression.

In November 2009 it was announced that three NZLAVs would be deployed to assist NZSAS operations in Afghanistan, and they were up-armoured.

MDS has a wide and comprehensive product portfolio of armoured vehicles, including military light utility vehicles, bullet proof vehicles, up-armoured vehicles and mobile surveillance and rapid intervention vehicles.

Some Sherman tanks were up-armoured in the field with glacis plates and other armour cut from knocked-out tanks to create Improvised Jumbos, named after the heavily armored M4A3E2 assault tank.

NO PROTECTION One criticism levelled at the British military is that it uses insufficiently up-armoured vehicles to protect its soldiers on patrol, making them vulnerable to roadside bombs.

Between 15 November and 15 December 1939 the Lorraine, as the company command tank, was experimentally up-armoured at the Société des Aciéries d'Homecourt to make it immune to standard German antitank guns.

It looked like it had been dragged in from some closed base and bolted back together to house their racks of stores and their trucks and their up-armoured Humvees and maybe even a couple of fast-response helicopters.

If a UOR is put together, and the Treasury approves, Merlins still in the UK would be "up-armoured" first, and those serving in Afghanistan would have to be brought back one at a time to have the armour installed.

With up-armoured Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV IIIs), G-Wagons, and combat engineer vehicles, the convoy gave an intimidating impression. That is, of course, until the personnel in the convoy flashed typical Canadian smiles and waved.

The vice president's 11-vehicle motorcade, at times escorted by up-armoured Humvees with machine gunners scanning the urban landscape and overseen by Apache helicopters, took him to meet Talabani and his deputies Adel Abdel Mahdi and Tareq al-Hashemi at his home.

Oshkosh's L-ATV will deliver a level of protection similar to that of current, but far heavier and less maneuverable, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) class designs, these having far more protection from blast than even the latest up-armoured HMMWVs.

The Ausf F heavily armoured infantry assault tank (MG armed), a.k.a. PzKpfW I nA verstärkt or VK1801, was an up-armoured Pz I with the Schachtellaufwerk (inter-leaved track wheels) of the Ausf C, and a turret mounting two machine-guns.

The Freccia is up-armoured and revised variant of the wheeled Centauro tank destroyer fitted with the Hitfist Plus turret (an evolution of that used on the Dardo), which is armed with an Oerlikon KBA 25mm automatic cannon and carries 200 rounds of 25mm ammunition.

The "up-armored" ones come that way from the factory and provide the best protection for soldiers.

The Abrams was also considerably up-armored when compared to its adversary.

There were two variants; a basic model and an up-armored model.

"If the Army thinks the up-armored Humvees are the answer, they've got the wrong question," he said.

C were up-armored to fight in France.

Some people would slap me, but I think the up-armored Hummer’s a good truck for what it was designed for.

In particular, up-armored variants of the M4 Sherman functioned much like heavy tanks.

Also, up-armored versions have angled front hull like that of Ausf.F.

Several insurgents feigned surrender to lure American troops out of their up-armored humvees and onto the ground.

Instead, White Platoon rolled out in its more mobile, but still quite noticeable up-armored humvees.

There is also a trend for motorized infantry to be up-armored due to the situation of insurgency and terrorism in post-invasion Iraq.

These up-armored versions are called Magach 6 / Magach 7.

This up-armored variant is recognizable by the bolt heads that hold the armor added to the turret sides and hull front.

A midday walk through the outpost took me past female soldiers turning wrenches on their up-armored trucks in the sweltering Iraqi sun.

"We have moved all of the 'up-armored' Humvees from everywhere else in the world into this place," General Schoomaker said.

The latest iteration of the Humvee series can be seen in the M1151A1 and later up-armored A1-versions.

I slowly pushed open the vault-thick up-armored door and stepped out into the desolate countryside of Al Anbar.

In 1993, the military had to fight through Mogadishu in unarmored Humvees, leading to the development of up-armored models.

An MRAP costs five times more than even the most up-armored Humvee.

Last January, we were given two Humvees with air-conditioning upgrades, but they were not up-armored and had canvas tops.

IIJ) Continued development of the reconnaissance tank concept led to the much up-armored Ausf.

About 8,000 will be up-armored, or manufactured by AM General with upgraded suspensions ready to be armored by another company.

We don't have to think about IEDs, and up-armored Humvees, and downed helicopters.

The newly introduced M1114 "up-armored" HMMWV also features a similar weapons mount.

While there was emphasis on lighter ground vehicles in the late 1990s, up-armored and heavier vehicles were used during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.