Blow it Out Your Chimney: The Humvee Gets New Life on the Battlefield

The venerable Humvee (technically, it’s the High Mobility Multi­purpose Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV) was designed for versatility during the waning years of the Cold War, not for IED blasts and roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s why Humvees have mostly been replaced on the front lines by MRAP (mine resistant ambush protected) vehicles. MRAPs [...]

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