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From army.mil:
The U.S. military is fielding a new vehicle rollover simulator to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The simulator is the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Egress Trainer, or MET, and is the military’s latest initiative to prepare troops how to react in the event of a rollover.
According to Army statistics, there were 144 non-hostile-related MRAP rollover incidents in the military between Nov. 1, 2007 and Mar. 31, 2008. Since April 2007, the military has fielded approximately 12,000 MRAPS.
“The training was definitely beneficial,” said Sgt. 1st Class Marlon L. Williamson, first sergeant with Headquarters Company, 49th Movement Control Battalion, after going through the training. “Hopefully all Soldiers will be able to go through this so they experience what it feels like to go through a rollover just in case they do become a part of one.”
The MET consists of a vehicle cab mounted to two rotating wheels on a raised platform, and is based on an earlier humvee rollover trainer.
Unlike its predecessor, however, the MET comes in five variants for different MRAP models currently fielded by the military – the RG-33, RG-31, MaxxPro, Caiman and Cougar.
