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The M1151 Enhanced Armament Carrier [3] is an improved version of the standard Humvee (HMMWV) designed to replace the M1025A2 used by the United States Armed Forces as a response to United States Central Command requirements.
By contrast to converted Humvees, the vehicle needed to be lighter, faster, more easily transportable by air, sea, and land, and contain next generation communications and computing equipment. The vehicle was expected to be selected by the end of 2012, with production beginning in 2013. 1,300 of the new vehicles are to be in service by 2020. [5]
Composite HMMWV – a prototype developed by TPI Composites of Rhode Island and AM General. [84] The purpose of the concept vehicle is to reduce the vehicle's weight so that it may more easily carry an up armor kit. [85] TPI's all-composite HMMWV saves approximately 900 pounds (410 kg) when compared to a current steel and aluminum HMMWV. [86] [87]
The M939 is a 5-ton 6×6 U.S. military heavy truck.The basic cargo versions were designed to transport a 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) cargo load over all terrain in all weather.
M1114 HMMWV 4 × 4 weapon carrier with improved armour protection; M1115 HMMWV 4 × 4 self-propelled TOW missile launcher; M1116 4 × 4 armored security vehicle; M1117 armored security vehicle, Guardian, 4 × 4 armored security vehicle based on the V-100 Commando, M1120 HEMTT Load Handling System (LHS) M1121 HMMWV 4 × 4 self-propelled TOW ...
As a "new start" program in its fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request the Army requested US$4.9 million in FY 2017 for the program. According to the latest program-related documents, the service hopes to find a vehicle that "provides enhanced tactical mobility" for an IBCT infantry squad of nine personnel and their equipment.
First put into service in the early 1960s, the M151 played an active part in US military operations well into the 1980s, when it was phased out in favor of the HMMWV. Despite its official replacement, the M151 has some distinct advantages over its much larger and heavier successor, like being small enough to fit inside a CH-53 heavy transport ...
The M56, also known as the Coyote, was a motorized system mounted on an M1113 Expanded Capacity High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ().The M1113 ECV HMMWV had a gross vehicle weight of 11,500 pounds.