[3] The MPV debuted in 2010, with the design aimed at protection of Indian security forces conducting anti-terrorism and anti-Naxalite operations in India's rugged forested and hilly terrains.
[5] The MPV offers armored protection to its crew and passengers against ballistic and land mine threats.
It uses a V-shaped hull of steel and monocoque construction to direct the force of the blast away from the occupants under a Ural truck chassis.
[6] The MPV can be armed with a remote controlled weapon station for basic armaments purposes.
[9][10] In October 2011, the CRPF reported that it had reduced the use of MPVs in operations against Naxalites, since some of the improvised explosive devices were of up to 80 kg, far above the 21 kg limit that the vehicles were designed to withstand[11][12] due to IEDs and not against anti-tank mines.