Cashuat
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The Cashuat is an armored personnel carrier produced in El Salvador, and based on the Dodge M37B1 (4 × 4)¾ ton truck. The first Cashuat prototype was built and trialed in El Salvador in February of 1985. The prototype lacked sufficient ballistic protection, so the Salvadoran government sought assistance from the United States
. Seeing that El Salvador didn't have manufacturing facilities capable of building the number of vehicles required, the US Army Tank Automotive Command's RDE Center's Design and Manufacturing Technology Directorate proposed a three step plan to produce the vehicles:
1. A second, improved prototype would be built in Detroit, and sent to El Salvador to serve as a reference model.
2. The the armor would be cut and welded in the United States, pre-assembled with the windshields and side-rails, and shipped as kits to El Salvador.
3. Train a cadre of welders from El Salvador at facilities in the United States.
66 kits were provided for final assembly in El Salvador, one for each of the M37s in the Salvadoran Army
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It was the first vehicle produced in El Salvador
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Seeing that El Salvador didn't have manufacturing facilities capable of building the number of vehicles required, the US Army Tank Automotive Command's RDE Center's Design and Manufacturing Technology Directorate proposed a three step plan to produce the vehicles:
1. A second, improved prototype would be built in Detroit, and sent to El Salvador to serve as a reference model.
2. The the armor would be cut and welded in the United States, pre-assembled with the windshields and side-rails, and shipped as kits to El Salvador.
3. Train a cadre of welders from El Salvador at facilities in the United States.
66 kits were provided for final assembly in El Salvador, one for each of the M37s in the Salvadoran Army
Salvadoran Army
The Salvadoran Army or Ejército Salvadoreño is the land branch and largest of the Military of El Salvador. In 2006 the government of El Salvador approached the Israeli ambassador to El Salvador seeking assistance in modernizing its army.-The Football War:...
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It was the first vehicle produced in El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
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