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The idea for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) first emerged in 2006 from threats experienced during the Iraq War.The primary tactical wheeled vehicle used by the U.S. military at the start of the war was the Humvee.
M1113 HMMWV 4 × 4 utility vehicle; 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 ...
In 1951 Ford Motor Company was awarded the contract to design a ¼-ton 4×4 truck to replace the M38 and M38A1 model jeeps. The M151 was developed to specifications and guidance of the U.S. Army's Ordnance Tank Automotive Command. Design started in 1951 and testing and prototyping lasted through most of the fifties.
US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII Pub. ISBN 0-970056-71-0. Ware, Pat (2014). The Illustrated Guide to Military Vehicles. Hermes House. ISBN 978-1-78214-192-1. Handbook of Ordnance Data (PDF). US War Dept. 1919. pp. 362– 379; Military Vehicles Forecast: United States Tactical Vehicles. Forecast International. 2003
The U.S. Army appeared to have reduced its support for the program at this time, omitting JLTV numbers from its tactical vehicle strategy published in June 2010. [15] [16] However, the U.S. Army clarified that JLTVs are slated to both replace and complement the Humvee. [16] [17] JLTV's TD phase was completed in May 2011.
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.
They were phased out from military usage in the 1980s with the introduction of the HMMWV series vehicles. The HMMWV was, however, unable to fulfill the role of the Mule, so the M-Gator, a military variant of the popular John Deere Gator vehicle, was introduced.
The Humvee has been the U.S. military's main light vehicle platform since the 1980s. Military light utility vehicle, or simply light utility vehicle (LUV), is a term used for the lightest weight class military vehicle category. [1]