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- High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle - HMMWV - (Hummvee)
- First Humvee built in 1982 for U.S. Government by AM General
- Designed to replace multiple vehicles in the Military Ground Forces Fleet
- AM General came from the Government Division of Jeep that was spun off
- Family Tree: Willy’s-Kaiser Government Branch-AM General-General Motors
- Tours are on the H1 (One Humvee in fleet)
- 16 inches of ground clearance
- Climb over objects 24 inches in height
- Traverse water 3ft deep w/o a snorkel
- Almost 7ft wide
- Nearly 11 feet long
- Weighs over 5600 lbs
- Carries 2.5 tons of cargo
- Tows up to 10,000 lbs
- A 250 horsepower turbo diesel engine on commercial models (200 hp naturally aspirated diesel on HUMVEE)
- Almost 440 lbs of torque at the drive shaft
- Axles attach to wheels 5 in anove center to accommodate wheel gear train
- Up to 100 lbs of torque at each wheel
- Military H1 entirely mechanical (to prevent electronics being made inoperable in event of military strike)
- Windshield angles at 90 degrees (to preclude glare)
