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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.
Frag Kit 6 adds about 1,000 lb (450 kg) of extra weight (100 lb per sq ft) and 12 inches (300 mm) of width on each side of the vehicle (2 feet overall) over the previous Frag Kit 5 Humvee armor. The doors are so heavy, troops may need a mechanical assist device to open and close them and so wide drivers may require built-in visual references so ...
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.
The following is a (partial) listing of vehicle model numbers or M-numbers assigned by the United States Army. Some of these designations are also used by other agencies, services, and nationalities, although these various end users usually assign their own nomenclature.
Kits have been produced for the general market to turn a sedan into a Humvee lookalike. An alternative is to buy a preconstructed (or "turnkey") model. Various kits exist, but one of the more well known is the Volkswagen Beetle-based "Wombat". This was previously named "HummBug", until the threat of a lawsuit from General Motors forced changes ...
Bandai, the creator of some of the most popular model kits like Gundam, has shown off a new addition to its 30 Minutes Missions series, the Schneider Nachtreiher from Armored Core 6.
Frag Kit 5 helped slow the incoming projectile and contain some of the shrapnel, preventing the vehicle from becoming a secondary source of fragmentation during attacks. Another addition was the large “D-shaped” hooks welded to the Humvee doors to reduce the percentage of doors jamming shut during an attack and trapping the soldiers inside.
[9] [10] In response to the demand, Central Command’s Combined Joint Task Force 7 requested the Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and ARL to develop a temporary armor kit to install onto unprotected Humvees until more armored vehicles could be shipped to Iraq.