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Concept art for the Ministry of Defence Civil Protection and Urban Pacification Rail Protection Unit

With the economic downturn and increasing rise in extremism on both the political and religious spectrums, even in the occourance of large scale disasters a concurrent increase in wide scale civil disorder and rioting has followed.

Realising that maintaining control of critical transport links and re-establishing order in an affected area would be a major priority, the goverment commissioned a tri-service committee in conjuction with Network Rail, to look how resources and manpower could be rapidly deployed to trouble hotspots to assist in the quelling of civil unrest, while keeping the transport links open.

The Civil Protection and Urban Pacification Rail Protection Unit's were born. Thier purpose would be to be able to transport emergency equipment, and urban pacification teams to thier destination quickly and safely.

The Network Rail MPV was chosen to form the base of the units due to thier availibility, usefulness, and easy customibility.

The design is that each vehicle has a driving cab and an under floor engine/transmission with Multiple unit (MU) control. This better protects the engine from thrown missles and petrol bomb type weapons.

Each armoured cab end is equipped with blue LED strobes, spot lights, civil address system, and armour plated windows.

A barricade removal system is fitted to each end to enable objects to be cleared from the path of the train with causing it to derail.

The modular design of the MPV allows various pods to be equipped, however most civil defence units are equipped with the following as standard :-

- A 1500litre water tank to provide firefighting support in areas to areas where mains water is either unavailable or unobtainable by local fire services.

- Mobile Medical Unit, this small unit houses important medical supplies, as during serious emergency periods such as a major disaster or civil insurrection, hospital resources either run out or are looted. It is also equipped with facilities to treat casualties, until they can be moved to civilian hospitals. The module is equipped with a telescoping spotlight, able to reach 50ft in height. It provides much needed illumination for immediate area in cases where local power supplies are disrupted.

- Mobile Barracks Unit, these modules provide accomadation for the embarked contingent of soldiers/police. They also contain the armoury and equipment lockers, as well as limited rest/recreation facilities.

The barracks is also equipped with a remote control 40mm grenade laucher controlled from inside the barracks. This is used to disperse a variety of less lethal ammunition including smoke and tear gas grenades, commonly used to disperse riotous crowds it encounters either en route or at destination stations/locations. A small stock of explosive HE and fragmentation ammunition is also kept onboard, if serious threats to the saftey of the train are encountered.

- Towed between the two MPV units typically will be about 2 transport wagons carrying the embarked contingents vehicular support. These will commonly be riot specification vehicles, resistent to gunfire, petrol bombs etc. These will typically be offloaded once the MPV reaches the destination and used to secure the immediate area and establish a beach head or safe zone, while additional resources are brought in.

Description
Concept art for the Ministry of Defence Civil Protection and Urban Pacification Rail Protection Unit

With the economic downturn and increasing rise in extremism on both the political and religious spectrums, even in the occourance of large scale disasters a concurrent increase in wide scale civil disorder and rioting has followed.

Realising that maintaining control of critical transport links and re-establishing order in an affected area would be a major priority, the goverment commissioned a tri-service committee in conjuction with Network Rail, to look how resources and manpower could be rapidly deployed to trouble hotspots to assist in the quelling of civil unrest, while keeping the transport links open.

The Civil Protection and Urban Pacification Rail Protection Unit's were born. Thier purpose would be to be able to transport emergency equipment, and urban pacification teams to thier destination quickly and safely.

The Network Rail MPV was chosen to form the base of the units due to thier availibility, usefulness, and easy customibility.

The design is that each vehicle has a driving cab and an under floor engine/transmission with Multiple unit (MU) control. This better protects the engine from thrown missles and petrol bomb type weapons.

Each armoured cab end is equipped with blue LED strobes, spot lights, civil address system, and armour plated windows.

A barricade removal system is fitted to each end to enable objects to be cleared from the path of the train with causing it to derail.

The modular design of the MPV allows various pods to be equipped, however most civil defence units are equipped with the following as standard :-

- A 1500litre water tank to provide firefighting support in areas to areas where mains water is either unavailable or unobtainable by local fire services.

- Mobile Medical Unit, this small unit houses important medical supplies, as during serious emergency periods such as a major disaster or civil insurrection, hospital resources either run out or are looted. It is also equipped with facilities to treat casualties, until they can be moved to civilian hospitals. The module is equipped with a telescoping spotlight, able to reach 50ft in height. It provides much needed illumination for immediate area in cases where local power supplies are disrupted.

- Mobile Barracks Unit, these modules provide accomadation for the embarked contingent of soldiers/police. They also contain the armoury and equipment lockers, as well as limited rest/recreation facilities.

The barracks is also equipped with a remote control 40mm grenade laucher controlled from inside the barracks. This is used to disperse a variety of less lethal ammunition including smoke and tear gas grenades, commonly used to disperse riotous crowds it encounters either en route or at destination stations/locations. A small stock of explosive HE and fragmentation ammunition is also kept onboard, if serious threats to the saftey of the train are encountered.

- Towed between the two MPV units typically will be about 2 transport wagons carrying the embarked contingents vehicular support. These will commonly be riot specification vehicles, resistent to gunfire, petrol bombs etc. These will typically be offloaded once the MPV reaches the destination and used to secure the immediate area and establish a beach head or safe zone, while additional resources are brought in.