The 'Ugly' South African Truck That Accidentally Invented The MRAP

August 1983, Ogongo. A SADF vehicle rolls over two anti-tank mines at once — 15kg of TNT under ten soldiers. Every one walks away. 20 years before the US spent $45 billion on the MRAP program, South Africa had already solved it: a V-shaped hull that deflects blast outward instead of absorbing it. Soldiers called it ugly. They also called it the Kalahari Ferrari. 2,400 built. The direct ancestor of every MRAP in Iraq and Afghanistan. 🔔 Subscribe for military history nobody else covers. More South African war machines: Rooikat:    • The Fastest Tank Killer on Earth Was Built...   Casspir:    • The 'Ugly' Mine-Proof Truck the World Forg...   Ratel:    • The 'Impossible' South African Wheeled Veh...   G6 RHino:    • The Gun NATO Called Impossible — Built Und...   #Buffel #SouthAfrica #MRAP #MilitaryHistory