{"id":59,"date":"2019-05-20T11:09:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T11:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2019-05-20T11:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T11:09:43","slug":"jackal-m-wmik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/jackal-m-wmik\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackal M-WMIK"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The HMAF Jackal\" src=\"http:\/\/hmarmedforces.com\/jackal copy.jpg\" title=\"The HMAF Jackal\" width=\"380\" height=\"263\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The HMAF Jackal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The toy HMAF M-WMIK Jackal is largely based on the real vehicles currently deployed in Afghanistan.<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-8515578631897851\";\n\/* 468x60, dw books *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4669083942\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Jackal is a four wheel drive all terrain patrol vehicle with phenomenal firepower, speed and agility.  Equally comfortable off road, this HMAF vehicle sports a 5.9 litre engine and is capable of speeds of 80mph on the tarmac.<\/p>\n<p>The toy version comes complete with camouflaged Jerry Cans used for both fuel and water.  Incredibly, the jerry cans on board the real Jackals are capable of withstanding bullets.<\/p>\n<p>The Jackal is also known by its acronym M-WMIK or Mobility Weapons Mount Installation Kit.  The Jackal is being deployed in Afghanistan as a replacement for the more lightly armoured Land Rover.<\/p>\n<p>In service these rugged new HM Armed Forces vehicles are crewed by a team of three armed with a .50 calibre machine gun, automatic grenade launcher or 7.62 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with a second 7.62 GPMG for the Commander.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HM Armed Forces M-WIMK Jackal \" src=\"http:\/\/hmarmedforces.com\/wimk copy.jpg\" title=\"M-WIMK Jackal \" width=\"380\" height=\"288\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HM Armed Forces M-WIMK Jackal <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-8515578631897851\";\n\/* 336x280, created 31\/08\/08 white big box *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5349619280\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The toy HMAF M-WMIK Jackal is largely based on the real vehicles currently deployed in Afghanistan. The Jackal is a four wheel drive all terrain patrol vehicle with phenomenal firepower, speed and agility. Equally comfortable off road, this HMAF vehicle sports a 5.9 litre engine and is capable of speeds of 80mph on the tarmac. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/jackal-m-wmik\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jackal M-WMIK&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hmaf-toys","category-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hmarmedforces.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}