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The Hummer H1 is a full-size four-wheel-drive utility vehicle based on the M998 Humvee, which was developed by AM General when it was a subsidiary of American Motors Corporation (AMC). [2] Originally designed strictly for military use, the off-road vehicle was released to the civilian market.
Hummer H1, H2, and H3. The H1 is a civilian derivative of the HMMWV, while the H2 and H3 are based on regular GM truck chassis and styled after it. Humvee clone manufacturing in China; Humvee replacement process; Interim Fast Attack Vehicle; List of "M" series military vehicles; Sandstorm, an HMMWV modified into an autonomous vehicle.
In 1992, AM General began marketing the HMMWV to the civilian market under the Hummer brand. In 1999, GM acquired the rights to the brand and continued production of the original civilian Hummer as the H1 until June 2006. [12] In 2002, the Hummer H2 went on the market, and was produced until January 2009. It was designed and marketed by GM, and ...
Earlier this year, I reported that the city’s last military surplus store, G.I. Rose Military Surplus Etc. at 6310 E. Harry, was in danger of closing if the owner couldn’t find a buyer to take ...
In 1998, General Motors (GM) purchased the brand name from AM General and marketed three vehicles: the original Hummer H1, based on the military Humvee, as well as the new H2 and H3 models that were based on smaller, civilian-market GM platforms. By 2008, Hummer's viability in the economic downturn was questioned.
US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII. ISBN 0-970056-71-0. Doyle, David (2003). Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause. ISBN 0-87349-508-X. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018; Standard Military Vehicle Data Sheets. Ordnance Tank Automotive Cmd. 1959. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014
Hummer H2: 2002: 2009: Located at 12900 McKinley Highway. Built under contract to GM by AM General. E: AM General Military plant: Mishawaka, Indiana: United States: Hummer H1: 1992: 2006: Located at 13200 McKinley Highway. Built under contract to GM by AM General. Associated Motor Industries Ltd. Jurong (Jurong Industrial Estate) Singapore ...
Entrepreneurs often buy these goods and resell them at surplus stores. Usually the goods sold by the military are clothing, equipment, and tools of a nature that is generally useful to the civilian population, as well as embroidered patches, name tags, and other items that can be used for a faux military uniform. Occasionally, vehicles (jeeps ...