Quick Navigation :
Cars | Military Machines | Motorcyles | Space Vehicles

M998-HMMWV or Hum-Vee

The M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (M998-HMMWV or Hum-Vee) is a highly durable military motor vehicle. It has largely supplanted the role formerly served by the jeep and other light trucks with the United States military, and is also used by a number of other countries and organizations.







Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

There are at least 17 variants of the HMMWV in service with the United States armed forces. HMMWV serve as cargo/troop carriers, automatic weapons platforms, ambulances (four litter patients or eight ambulatory patients), M220 TOW missile carriers, M119 howitzer prime movers, M-1097 Avenger surface-to-air missile platforms, MRQ-12 direct air support vehicles, S250 shelter carriers among many others. It is capable of fording 0.762 m normally, or 1.5 m with deep-water fording kit.











Other Sections
Military Machines
Space Vehicles
Commercial Airplanes












Copyright © 2006 Fun Group Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify all information on this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. Automotive, motorcycle & other machine pictures are copyright Fun Group Inc. Military images were created by employees of the American Government and are not subject to copyright law.