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The M1114 was a version of the HMMWV, which featured body armor, a more solid cooling system, bigger brakes, and a cooled rear differential. This model, however, was demilitarized and titled for ...
Thousands of pounds of armor added to military Humvees, intended to protect U.S. troops, have made the vehicles more likely to roll over, killing and injuring soldiers in Iraq, a newspaper ...
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The Humvee Is Now 40 Years Old
The Humvee gained fame navigating the deserts of the Middle East during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. “Life begins at 40,” ...
America's choice is the AM General High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle M1114. It's better known as an "up-armored" Humvee, as opposed to the civilian versions that the soldiers call "thin ...
TAJI, Iraq, March 11, 2009 - The first M1114 Humvee to be completely rebuilt at the Taji National Maintenance Depot here rolled out of the Main Wheel Assembly and Disassembly facility last week ...
The 600-pound M1114 HMMWV door that protected the Soldiers in the lead vehicle is now on display in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps Regimental Museum.
But serious accidents involving the M1114 have increased as the war has progressed, and the accidents were much more likely to be rollovers than those of other Humvee models, the newspaper reported.
The Humvee is rated for about 11 mpg. But instead of a 275-mile range, 180 is more like it. That's barely 7 mpg for the armor-laden M1114. Other than running out of fuel, however, little stops an ...
DAYTON, Ohio - Thousands of pounds of armor added to military Humvees, intended to protect U.S. troops, have made the vehicles more likely to roll over, killing and injuring soldiers in Iraq, a ...
The kit for the M1114 HMMWV consists of modified transparent armor assemblies, or bullet-proof windshields, with integral, fail-safe latch mechanisms.