Patent ID: 7464963

Claim:
A military motor vehicle for transporting personnel comprising: a chassis; a drivers cabin disposed on said chassis; an upwardly open transport structure, which is adapted to be covered by a tarpaulin, disposed on said chassis behind said driver's cabin; a plurality of seats or benches disposed in said transport structure for accommodating personnel; and a roll protection device disposed on an upper side of said transport structure and comprising two roll bars, each of which is disposed over a side wall of said transport structure and extends in a longitudinal direction of said transport structure over the entire length thereof, wherein each of said roll bars has two ends, each of which is releasably attached to said transport structure, further wherein said roll bars are interconnected by reinforcing elements that extend transverse to said longitudinal direction, further wherein at least one of said reinforcing elements is embodied as a crossbar that is fixedly connected to both of said roll bars, further wherein at least one of said reinforcing elements is embodied as a crossbar that is connected with said roll bars via swivel joints, further wherein said crossbar is fixedly connected to swivel arms that are pivotable about horizontal horizontal axes, further wherein said swivel arms are integrated into backrests of at least two adjacent ones of said seats or in upper parts of backrests of said bench, and wherein said backrests or upper parts of backrests are pivotable, about said horizontal pivot axes, out of a lockable position into a tilted position.