Description
The mine-protection retrofit applied to every remaining Australian SASR Long Range Patrol Vehicle after an LRPV struck a mine in the Helmand valley in February 2002: armour plates fitted beneath the vehicle floor and shock-absorbent (blast-attenuating) crew seats. In May 2006 the SEK-fitted LRPV 'One Fitty' hit a pressure-plate IED in Afghanistan and its crew escaped with one minor leg injury.
SASR LRPV only
Rarity. Fitted only to the 27-vehicle SASR LRPV fleet after the 16 February 2002 Helmand mine strike; the vehicles were not sold and one SEK-fitted LRPV damaged by an IED in 2006 is preserved at the Australian War Memorial.
Record: 2 sources; designation recorded; no price recorded.
Specification
MAKERAustralian Army / Defence Materiel Organisation (contractor not established), Australia
DESIGNATION / PARTSurvival Enhancement Kit (SEK) for Land Rover Perentie 6x6 LRPV
MADE2002–2003
RARITYVery rare — Fitted only to the 27-vehicle SASR LRPV fleet after the 16 February 2002 Helmand mine strike; the vehicles were not sold and one SEK-fitted LRPV damaged by an IED in 2006 is preserved at the Australian War Memorial.
COMPONENTSunder-floor armour plates, shock-absorbent crew seats
TRIGGERLRPV mine strike, Helmand valley, 16 February 2002
PROOFMay 2006 PPIED strike on ARN 50863, crew largely unhurt
Fitment
LAND ROVER
SASR LRPV only
Imagery
Sources
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Patrol_Vehicleawm.gov.au/collection/C1175567Every source above was fetched and read when the record was made.