New Police Truck is Blast and Bullet Resistant

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A new police truck has been one of the latest anti-terror measures in the UK Police arsenal. The armoured police vehicle is one of a state-of-the-art fleet dubbed “The Guardians”, with one truck costing around £100,000, according to express.co.uk.

The police already used the bullet and blast resistant anti-terror truck to stop a “suspicious vehicle” following the recent terror attack on the Tube train. The armoured truck was first seen on the streets of London in March in the aftermath of the Westminster terror attack.

The truck is a Jankel ‘Guardian’, one of a fleet of Scotland Yard vans, but so far it is thought just two have been exposed. The trucks are capable of withstanding blasts from rocket-propelled grenades, hand-thrown grenades and high-calibre bullets, and can carry 10 officers.

According to mirror.co.uk, the vehicle is based on a 4×4 Ford F-450 Super Duty truck and was converted by Jankel Armouring so that it is now a seven tonne beefed-up personnel carrier with wheels that are resistant to bullets and a steel floor protecting occupants from bomb explosions.

It is believed the cars contain high-tech medical equipment, weapons and sophisticated communications gear so officers can keep in touch with their operations room.

The cars have a 6.0-litre diesel engine and the windows are resistant against 7.62 calibre bullets – the ammo used by the terrorist’s favourite rifle the AK47. The vehicles are equipped with super-strong smash-bars at the front so they can break their way through gates.

It seems that the UK has been taking seriously the recent terrorist attacks wave and authorities have been starting to develop various solutions suited to the type of attacks.