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M998-HMMWV or Hum-Vee
Optional equipment includes
a winch (maximum load capacity 6000 lb. (2700
kg)), and supplemental armor. The M1025 and
M1043/M1044 armament carriers provide mounting
and firing capabilities for the MK19 grenade
launcher, the M2 machine gun, the M240G machine
gun and M249 SAW. The newly introduced M1114
"up-armored" HMMWV also features
a similar weapons mount.
In the 1970s, the United
States Army concluded that the militarized
civilian trucks in use no longer satisfied
their requirements. In 1979, the Army drafted
specifications for a High Mobility Multipurpose
Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV. In July of that
year, AM General began preliminary design
work, and less than a year later, the first
prototype, the M998, was in testing.
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