PITTSFIELD, Mass. – With the shrinking market for heavy-armor tactical war vehicles, Lenco Industries has changed colors. The market now is civilian – with Bearcats in reds and whites for ambulances and rescue vehicles. The military nomenclature MRAP, for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, is gone from Lenco catalogs.  Is there a message here for U.S. police departments that acquired war-surplus MRAPs for SWAT teams and kept the battle livery?

lenco production line - Winona Journal

Lencor shifts gears. Evolving for civilian duty.

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Get out the paint brush, folks, for an appropriate and less scary street presence for civilian duty.

Bearcat emerg veh 2 1 - Winona Journal
Bearcat emerg veh - Winona Journal