All About the Military HMMWV

Many people are very interested in the HMMWV (pronounced as humvee) and Olive-Drab.com gets a lot of questions about it. Since CNN made it famous during the 1991 Gulf War, the HMMWV has symbolized the modern American Army just as the Army jeep did during WW II.

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HMMWV: High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle

A convoy of U.S. Army HMMWVs and heavy equipment forms up on a snow-covered road at Fort Greely, AK on 19 February 1998, during Exercise Northern Edge 98.

Here are the Olive-Drab.com sections and pages with much more about the HMMWV:

For a comprehensive history of the HMMWV, go to the Olive-Drab.com page HMMWV History. Also, this link takes you to AM General, the company that manufactures the HMMWV, the civilian Hummer, and makes and remanufactures 6x6 military trucks.

HMMWV equipped with Avenger, a lightweight, highly mobile, and transportable surface-to-air missile/gun weapon system. Avenger is designed to counter hostile cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and low-flying, high-speed, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters attacking or transiting friendly airspace.

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

A view of specially designed communications racks installed in an M998 HMMWV, Ft. Monmouth, NJ, 15 Jan 1991.

M1043 HMMWV armed with M2 MG, Iraq, 15 May 2003

A convoy of US Army M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and M113A3 Armored Personnel Carriers from the 1st of the 64th Mechanized, Fort Stewart, GA, traveling from Victory Base, Mogadishu, Somalia, to the old airfield north of Mogadishu, 2-4 December 1993.

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.

TRAILER, LIGHT TACTICAL, MARINE CORPS CHASSIS, M1102 LTT-MCC. The M1102 LTT-MCC is a single axle, two wheeled chassis trailer, designed to meet the needs of the USMC. It is equipped with a solid flat bed with pre-drilled holes designed to secure various pieces of power generation, lighting, environmental control units, and general-purpose equipment. The M1102 LTTMCC is designed to be towed behind the HMMWV on all types of roads, cross-country terrain, and in all weather conditions.

1st Cavalry Division HMMWV equipped with a roof mounted M2 .50 caliber machine gun maintain security on a dismounted patrol through a cemetery outside of An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, 10 Aug 2004

Recommended Books about the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

Manuals for the HMMWV will be numbered TM 9-2320-280-xx where the xx represents the maintenance level. You can purchase many of the HMMWV manuals at ABE Books. The same source has many other HMMWV books and publications available.

Find More Information on the Internet

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