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:

HMMWVs carrying electronic equipment in shelters and trailers are parked under solar shades to cope with 120 degree air temperature in Iraq, circa 2007.

HMMWV is secured to the rear deck of a Palletized Load System (PLS) 10x10 Truck to be moved from the area after a simulation of being disabled by a roadside bomb, part of 3rd Infantry Division Mission Readiness Exercisem Fort Stewart, GA, 6 March 2007.

Dozens of M998 HMMWVs, CUCV light trucks (M1008 or 1028 series) and other vehicles sit in rows in a staging area prior to being backloaded aboard a maritime pre-positioning ship near the conclusion of Exercise Ocean Venture 88, US Naval Station, Roosevelt Road, Puerto Rico, 30 Mar 1988.

Truck, Utility, Expanded Capacity, Up-Aarmored, Armament Carrier, M1114. The M1114 Up-Armored HMMWV (UAH) is an armored replacement for the M1043A2 Armament Carrier. The M1114 armor protection includes Up-Armored HMMWV (UAH) kit, FRAG kits 1, 1a, 2, and 5, as well as a GPK or MCTAGS for the gunner

HMMWV from the 205th Military Police Battalion and the 1137th Military Police Company of the Missouri National Guard heads out to help communities recover from devastating winter storms, 28 January 2009.

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

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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