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I hated every time I had to ride in one of these fuckers in Iraq. Fuckin death traps. I seen an Iraqi army hmmv get launched about 50 or 60 ft in the air after running over a ied. All 5 people inside flew out and rained down on the road. It was fucked.
The JTLV or MATV as we called them in the Corp is a true beast. Hauls ass and gets airborne with ease. Not so sure how one would sip their coffee easily inside, but they must have been driving miss daisy, not a pile of leather necks.
I wouldn't call it a design flaw, it's a vulnerability. A flaw is when it doesn't do what it was designed to do. It wasn't designed to handle IEDs, because that wasn't yet a requirement. It wasn't designed to deal with insurgents.
It's generally looked at as a total piece of shit, by anyone who has been unlucky enough to get to use it. It's slow unarmored and just plainly useless!
70mph my ass. I could barely get mine to 55mph
It’s spelt HMMWV
Highly mobile multi wheeled vehicle 😂😂
The yanks had the Humvee, we had the Austin Champ!🇬🇧
A lot of veterans and my Son who is a mechanic say they are very breakdown prone and a pain in the arse to work on
I spent a lot of time in a turret in these . A .50 cal as my main armament, accompanied by an AT-4, 249, and an M-4.
I love the HMMWV. However, the words "operator level maintenance" do complicate things.
Good video… but it's also good that JTLV on Wikipedia redirects to JLTV. 😉
I own two HMMWVs. A M-1123 and a M-1151a1. Love them both. Not as expensive at auction you might think. Way cheaper than a used Jeep.
Near every one I've driven the speedometer topped at 55. I got screwed haha.
Great vehicle, as a replacement for old Jeeps. Highly versatile and very capable off road. And fairly easy to work on. As stated, it just got thrown into role it wasn't intended for. I worked on and drove them throughout USA and Iraq, and I'd still would but a surplus one if I could afford it.
As someone who has been in a HUMVEE in full battle rattle for 3.5 years in the Army, with a full length M-16, non telescoping stock, and grenade launcher attached, the HUMVEE sucks. You pretty much have to throw your weapon out of the HUMVEE, get out, then pick up your weapon and go to work. Its too cramped, getting in and out is a pain in the ass, it feels like you are on a boat rocking side to side if you hit any bumps in the road, the most uncomfortable seats in the world. If you have a boot size larger than a 10 you cant have your foot planted flat on the floor, you have to twist your feet diagonally to fit, then they get stuck, and you have to life your foot up and out. That up and out movement doesn't sound like much, but it is because you are already cramped, have a bunch of mags and armored vest on, and you now have to lift your legs in a kind of crunch exercise where you have very little room to do that. So, you have to lean inwards, pick up your feet, move them out of the humvee, work to get your weapon out, rotate in your seat, then get out in a forward motion. Not like in a car when you get out "sideways". It was just horrible. It feels like the dude who designed it was 5'5 and believed that no soldier ever would wear any kind of gear or carry any weapon larger than a pistol. Now, with that already super cramped cab, throw in BlueForce Tracker screens, radios, MRE's, and everything else that is needed and its like you're driving around in your junk drawer from your kitchen.
And you forgot to mention that Arnold Schwarzenegger was KEY in getting the civilian model released.
Aren't Humvees Diesel?
Stolen from Lamborghini
Having served in the '90's I loved driving it, hated changing the run flat tires (as in dissassembling the wheel in the field). Epic memories of driving through Ft Stewart swamps and muddy tank trails in the rain and Ft Hood. Biased from only good experiences, though. Simpler times. I did witness the Scouts find a way to flip the thing despite the very low center of gravity
I think the army are slowly changing to JLTV
old crappy shit
Great video 🙂
Why don't you do a video about how the US thought it would be a good idea to send their soldiers into a war where landmines and IEDs are a prolific with Humvees and thus have thousands of American soldiers killedand maimed when MRAPS have been around since the seventies.
Sounds extremely like the Land Rover story with the military!
Psssst, CO2 is NOT detrimental to the environment.
“It’s better than walking” – some infantrymen
Fun fact the Humvee. Was the inspiration for the vehicle from Halo called The Wart Hog.
The HMMWV's reputation for "bad mileage" was because of the earlier iterations of the 6.5L Detroit engine block which didn't come with a turbocharger. These are the surplus models which usually find their way onto the civilian market. WITH the turbocharger, as in the later versions, the 6.5 is actually a fairly fuel efficient engine. I know this because I have two Chevy pickups with that same block that I daily use for towing. It may not be the most powerful V8 diesel for it's generation, but it was economical, and was marketed as such.
Here I had learned that America, Europe, Africa and Asia are countries…
The thing is awesome but not practical for everyday use. My buddy had one on loan for a week a while back. The thing will take abuse
40 years? Wow back in the 60's! Wait…
My friend was involved in 9 IED events. The last one flipped his humvee. It medicalled him out due to a screwed up back. He was "lucky". Another friend's husband was killed by an IED in a humvee in Iraq with 3 other NC NG soldiers.
Just as a simple gear head, I always thought it was a shame the Humvee didn't get the 16 valve inline 6 Cummins turbo diesel engine(From Dodge 2500/3500 HD trucks). More power with similar if not better reliability and dead simple to maintain. No electronics required to run.
The Humvee is just the American Hanomag
Time for the Jeep
Another interesting note about the HMMWV is its connection to the late American Motors Corporation. AM General was originally the military/government contract division of AMC. However not long after securing the contract for HMMWV, AMC entered a partnership with French car manufacturer Renault. Since Renault was partially owned by the French government at the time this created a conflict of interest under DoD regulations. Risking the loss of either the government contract or the partnership with Renault, AMC divested AM General into its own company in 1983. After a rocky few years, culminating with the assassination of Renault chairman Georges Besse, AMC was sold in its entirety to Chrysler in 1986 while AM General soldiers on producing HMMWVs and other military/commercial vehicles.
I worked at AM General for 39 years, and the Humvee is considered on of the military's most successful vehicles and actually too successful and the military put them in situations they were not meant to be. They were utility vehicles, not front line offensive weapon. The Army did not declare the unfit for use, in fact they are still being made today for the US and friendly Countries. They are actually used for their original purpose – as utility vehicles. Recently AM General actually won the extension contract for the JLTV. By the way – the M-WRAP's were not a good solution and in fact they were heavy, cumbersome and broke down quite often and many were simply left when the US pulled out of theater. I worked as repair and as a test driver for years ,Humvees(they had to be driven for ten miles on a hard surface before they could be released to the Government.
The M-151 jeep was never sold to the public because they were too dangerous with their independent suspension and they rolled too easily. they were all crushed and scrapped.
And the Willys Jeep is useless against Hiroshima style atomic bombs.
You talked about the Humvee's development but no mention of Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the first civilian/celebrity to personally own a Hummer.
My Son-In-Law like many, has mixed feelings of the HMMWV. He was on patrol in Iraq with his squad when an IED was remote detonated under theirs. Two survived the initial blast. He's still with us, setting off metal detectors wherever he goes. His best friend lingered in a burn unit for a week before passing away. The Military by that point knew the dangers but would not upgrade those in theater due to costs. I guess lives were cheaper…..
I once rode in one of these bad boys in Afghanistan to witness a missile system demonstration. Afterwards I joined the defense contractor when our convoy was attacked. It was really a shame that Tony Stark was kidnapped but I guess ultimately the world is better off for it.
HUMVEEs are an absolutely awful place to sleep. That's my only real complaint with them.
Was a good vehicle for sure. A bit loud over 35 mph… lol and like you said certainly in no way shape or form good against IED's… but it served other perposes well. Its really too bad that thousands of guys died at the hands of ied's for our government to finally come to a conclusion, maybe we should up grade…. but they did try… slowly…
Yeah, I help brake in our first humvee back in Ft. Hood 1987
I remember the miles and miles of jeeps out in the field, that was going to be scrapped (?)
At my time the doors were a plastic like canvas with a steel tube frame.
The Taliban didn't capture any humvees, they were given to them
love Hate relationship here. I was in Iraq for the first rotation in. My unit was one of the first to experience the IEDs effectiveness. The result was 1114's shredded like someone shot paper targets with bird shot. And we lost some of our guys and their commander was relieved of duty. We lost 2 Bradley's and 1 Abrams in that deployment. But it was the 1114's that were the biggest help and failure for us. My 2nd tour I had to go to the boneyard in Kuwait to scrap for parts for 1114's so my unit could convoy up into Iraq from Kuwait. There are 2 times I ever cried openly over there. Once in that boneyard and the other when a friend of mine was suddenly killed by a rocket. I still to this day vividly remember how massive that boneyards collection of destroyed Hummv's was. And most were testaments to fellow soldiers deaths and mutilations from IEDs and RPGs. Before Iraq I had great faith in the Hummv's and happily drove them around performing my duty's. But after Iraq they simply became coffins on wheels. I will never see Hummv's as anything but. I did 3 tours over there and the last was when the Army was just getting the Maxxpro MRAPs. They are incredible vehicles and for once I started to see patrols come back regularly unharmed even after taking the latest and greatest IED's. Something the Hummv's simply could not do anymore.
Green Goblin dodging IED’s… yep… memories
It's hard to believe the HUMMVEE has been in service about as long as the Jeep was in service. It was nearly a new platform when I enlisted in the Army, in fact my military driver's license was for a Jeep, never got the HUMMVEE endorsement as we didn't get any until just before my enlistment ended.