HMMWV Ambulances

The general purpose HMMWV is used as an ambulance in addition to all the other tactical roles it performs. Two models of HMMWV ambulance, a soft-top and a hard-body version, have been standardized.

M997A1 hard body ambulance crosses a Medium Girder Bridge during training at OP-5, Camp Lejeune, NC, 11 February 1997.

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HMMWV Ambulances: M997 and M1035

Two models of the HMMWV with a specially built ambulance body have been fielded:

M997 Truck, Ambulance, 4-Litter, Armored, 1-1/4 Ton, 4x4 (called maxi-ambulance)
M1035 Truck, Ambulance, 2-Litter, Soft Top, 1-1/4 Ton, 4x4

The M1035 is a low-back, soft-top, two-litter ambulance, and the M997 is a high-back, hard side, four-litter ambulance. The Ml035 can carry two litter or three ambulatory patients. The M997 can carry four litter or eight ambulatory patients. These vehicles provide mobility for emergency situations and provide a quick link between battlefield casualties and emergency services not available on the front lines of battle.

Find additional photos and hi-res versions of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Ambulance at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

Soldiers from the Danville-based 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team operate a logistical resupply convoy with ammunition, food and other supplies, Fort Pickett, VA, 15 June 2012. HEMTT, HMMWV and M997 HMMWV Ambulance vehicles were included in the convoy.

UH-60 Blackhawk crew prepare for a MEDEVAC mission in Barahona, Dominican Republic as M997 HMMWV Ambulance stands by, during New Horizon 2006, 23 March 2006.

M-997 HMMWV Ambulance and an M1008 Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle (CUCV) are backed onto the Landing Craft Utility, LCU-2035 Hudson from the 7th Transportation Group, Fort Eustis, VA, at the Crabbs Peninsula dock, during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antigua, 10 April 2002.

HMMWV Ambulance upgrade for the Army National Guard, consisting of a modified M1152A1 chassis integrated with a modified M997A2 Ambulance Box, circa 2011. AM-General produced the HMMWV chassis, Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing Facility built and integrated the ambulance boxes.

U.S. Air Force and Army medical personnel load simulated casualties onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft from an M997 HMMWV hard-body ambulance assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing at Schoonover Airfield, Fort Hunter Liggett, CA, 20 May 2011, in support of Global Medic 2011 and Warrior 91 11-01.

Truck, Ambulance, 2-Litter, Soft Top, M1035 HMMWV. The M1035 is an ambulance variant of the M998 series of 1-1/4 ton trucks. It is a soft-top version that has no armor protection for the crew or patients. The vehicle is capable of transporting two litter patients and a heater is provided for patient comfort. Its chassis, mechanical components and general performance are the same as other models of the M998 series.

HMMWV Ambulance Photo Gallery

M997 HMMWV Ambulance of the 407th Ambulance Company, 369th Combat Support Hospital, 65th Regional Support Command, Puerto Rico, at Crabbs Peninsula, Antigua, during Field Training Exercise Tradewinds 2002, 9 April 2002.

M997 HMMWV Ambulance and personnel of 273rd Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS 273), Al Asad Air Base. Operation Iraqi Freedom, 8 May 2004.

USMC M997 HMMWV Ambulance and UH-60 Black Hawk medivac an injured Marine outside Camp Ripper, Kuwait, Operation Enduring Freedom, 24 February 2003.

HMMWV M-997 Ambulance
Soldiers of First Infantry Division, 12th Chemical Company, wash an M997 HMMWV Ambulance during decontamination exercise, Lukavac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Operation Joint Guard, 27 June 1997.

HMMWV M-997 Ambulance
Army medics load simulated casualty on M997 HMMWV Ambulance, Camp Dobol, near Ridosici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Endeavor, 17 January 1997.

HMMWV M-997 Ambulance
M1035 (left) and M997 (right) Ambulances meet in northern Saudi Arabia prior to the start of the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm, 1 February 1991.