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The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General. [16]
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)
It is built on an Expanded Capacity Vehicle chassis, which allows for more passengers or additional supplies (up to 2,300 lbs). Its two- or four-seat variant is the M1152 Enhanced Troop/Cargo/Shelter Carrier, designed to replace the M1097A2 Heavy HMMWV and M1113 Expanded Capacity Vehicle.
Early models were based on the M1025 Humvee chassis. Later models of GMVs included versions based on the M1113 chassis. Another model based on the M1165 HMMWV can be fitted with armor kits to create an 'up-armored' GMV with additional armor plating, ballistic glass and an optional gun shield around the top gunner's turret.
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. Its system generates smoke for use in tactical situations on the battlefield to prevent visual or infrared enemy surveillance.
The Truck, Utility, ¼-Ton, 4×4, or simply M151 was the successor to the Korean War M38 and M38A1 Jeep Light Utility Vehicles.The M151 had an integrated body design which offered a little more space than prior jeeps, and featured all-around independent suspension with coil springs.
The URO VAMTAC (Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico, "High Mobility Tactical Vehicle") is a Spanish four-wheel drive military vehicle manufactured by UROVESA.Externally it is similar in appearance and design to the Humvee of the United States Military due to similar requirements.
Military light utility vehicle, or simply light utility vehicle (LUV), is a term used for the lightest weight class military vehicle category. [1] A Jeep-like four-wheel drive vehicle for military use [2] by definition lighter than other military trucks and vehicles, inherently compact and usually with light or no armour, with short body ...