AM General HMMWV Humvee

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It's autumn. Dredge, rain… Ideal off-road weather. And then we almost immediately think of Land Rovers and Jeeps. But you can also think bigger and big. You can think of a Hummer H1 AM GENERAL Humvee M998 HMMWV with 6.2 l diesel block

And that you don't make friends with that at Groen Links?

A Hummer?

"To hum" means "humming." And what should we do with that now? Things were made for circumstances that gave little cause for humming. War thing. And there's nothing nice about war. Well: apart from the military vehicles. Just like with Jeep (General Purpose), the name has an army abbreviation background. In armies, they are fond of goos.

The MMWV M998 6.2 V8 Troop Carrier

Also known as 'High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle' and is popularly called Humvee. And that becomes affectionately 'Hummer' again.

In 1979, the US military made the decision to renew the vehicle fleet. And everything should start burning diesel. It was also the approach to combine different vehicles into one generally usable off-road vehicle. Another 'Jeep', so a General Purpose Vehicle. But now XXL. The American government had ordered three car makes to make prototypes: AM General, Chrysler Defense and Teledyne. AM General won the race.

Humvee became the name used by AMGeneral and GM co-producer. The total number of Humvee's delivered to the US Army and other friendly governments is more than 140.000 units.

The HMMWV has a low profile and is a relatively wide vehicle, which means that the chance of being seen unintentionally and turning over is small. Such a Humvee is equipped with a 6.2 V8 diesel engine with more than 500 Nm of torque and a three-speed automatic transmission, and can climb a slope of about 60%, take a side slope of maximum 40% under maximum load and drive through more than 76 cm deep water ( without snorkel). At least seventeen different versions of the HMMWV were in service in the United States Army.

The weak points

Rust is often a pain in civilian classics. A Humvee also has its weaknesses. The Humvee, for example, is not resistant to rocket launchers, although there were several packages to improve the armor used during the Iraq war. During the Iraq war the Humvees also proved to be vulnerable to so-called IEDs, improvised explosives, which were laid en masse alongside roads. It is also clear that the HMMWV is quickly damaged by light infantry weapons such as the AK-47s that are used everywhere enthusiastically. With the emergence of asymmetrical warfare, the HMMWV increasingly found itself in combat situations in cities where the vehicle is vulnerable. But during New Year's Eve in The Hague you are invincible.

Not easy to buy

These tools were meant to be seriously military. The US military is therefore difficult about the sale of finished copies. For example, armor should be removed. Supports for machine guns and missile launchers must also be removed. Because in the hands of others, a retired Hummer can also be very annoying / effective. And such a thing with a Dutch registration is completely rare. That's why we were very surprised to find one at Gallery Aaldering, where army green isn't such a predominant color in the building. And we dreamed of going shopping with a Hummer at the Action.

The plus and minus side

The Humvee is such a huge macho that members of the nicer modeled kind will run away from you screaming (or trotting towards you yearnedly)

Humvee

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4 comments

  1. Why is the Toyota Landcruiser never mentioned in such comparisons with Landrover and Jeep? A true classic in the meantime and all its counterparts in almost every situation; in terms of performance, endurance, and ease of use and repair. Meanwhile, the prices for the FJ40 are unfortunately starting to rise

  2. For NL, opt for the militaristic DAF 66 yf66 (?).
    Parking a lot easier at the Lidl (and the Action) and putting your groceries in it easier than in a modern modern hip xc60

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