The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle project, better known today as the Humvee, can be traced back to a US Department of Defense request for bids to build a new military truck.

The military wanted a vehicle that could do it ... and serve as a weapons platform for offensive combat operations. The M998 HMMWV was the result, but soldiers gave it the "Humvee" moniker we ...

This Humvee has had enough of the military life ... As you would normally expect from a former military truck, it has been used and abused. Chips, scratches, dings, and paint imperfections ...

Ranked The Humvee has become an iconic military vehicle in its own right. In fact, some would go as far as to say it has surpassed the Jeep as the most legendary military truck of all time.

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