The Humvee
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) roars off the production line ready for action
A jack of all trades, the Humvee can be configured to perform many roles
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Designed to replace several outdated American military vehicles, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or Humvee, has been in production since 1984. Originally intended as a light utility vehicle, there have been more than 20 variants of this highly customisable modular platform. Serving over 40 nations, around 300,000 Humvees have been built to date. Able to carry and deploy almost anything, from fully armed troops to anti-aircraft missiles, the Humvee is an open-topped scout vehicle, an armoured personnel carrier, an ambulance, a TOW missile launcher, a communication centre, a heavy machine gun platform and whatever else the situation requires.