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Online Collection
Jackal vehicle, Helmand, Afghanistan, 2008
Digital photograph by Corporal Ian Houlding, 2008.
Close up of stowage on a Jackal high mobility transporter vehicle of 16 Air Assault Brigade operating in Helmand Province during Operation HERRICK 8 in 2008. The Jackal, designed by the British company, Supacat Limited, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, to provide British troops with a resilient and effective patrol vehicle to replace armoured Land Rovers. The Jackal was one of a number of vehicles adopted to help protect soldiers on patrol from improvised explosive device (IED) attacks.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 2016-04-19-337
Copyright/Ownership
Crown Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2016-04-19-337