I worked for AM General for 39 years and was involved with the Humvee for quite a while. It might be said, it is a victim of it's own success, the Military loved them and it became a stable platform for any weapon system you could throw on it. Yours is an A-2 model you can tell from it's outside mirrors and three point seat belts. I test drove them along with the civilian H-1's. We had a wall full of letters thanking us for saving the people involved and from their parents and many stories of how it got them back home safely. A M-151 was a quarter ton Jeep and the Humvee is a 5 quarter ton vehicle. With the problem of IED's that made then vulnerable due to their flat bottoms our engineers came up with a solution that was so successful the military couldn't even believe it even with their own testing. As of now the military has just deemed the successor to the Humvee as totally junk and not even battle ready, another Billion dollar boondoggle. Humvees are still in production and will continue to be a part of the military plans for some time to come.
It's the backbone to our military. Plain and basic still better than the new tech hitting the battlefield. Saved my ass many times. Thankyou for your part in building tough truck!!👍
the humvee is totally badass and iconic and will FOREVER be a legendary war machine! but i thought the successor, the MRAP(Oshkosh and Force Protection esp) were very successful?
I bought an M1043A2 (armored assault hatchback) back in July, and it’s been my dream car since I was 6 years old, been working on restoring it ever since. It’s a lot of work for one person (as well as my first car project, EVER), but I love every minute of it (well... ALMOST every minute of it).
I've always had a fascination for these things, ever since first seeing them on the news in 90/91 as a kid. Love 'em or hate 'em they are one of those vehicles that has that certain intangible something extra, they have a soul. Another awesome take on an interesting vehicle, can't get enough of these awesome videos Ethan.
I loved it, buried one up to the headlights in mud of Ft Hood. They would go anywhere you wanted to take it if you were brave enough. Damn good truck, though a little under powered.
I am currently serving as a Battalion Motor Sergeant full time in the Army reserve. I am not sure what the future mission of this platform are but the there is no indication in our maintenance operations that they are going away. I have never seen an M988 but the heavy variant trucks (i.e. M1097, M1151) are still being kept 10/20. The up armored versions have a nicer ride and AC but the electronic transmission is a pain.
9:25 I'll argue that it's still one of the best and you can't replace it because if we fight another country in conventional Warfare the humvee is a vital Logistics vehicle which is what it was meant for.
They are still being made, in fact last year they got another Billion+ dollar contract for more. The new vehicle was intended to replace some of the Humvees, but not all of them. They are still being made also for foreign military sales to many of our allies.
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Humvee's were definitely not designed for big tall people. Trust me. I had friends in my unit when I was in the Army that were big guys and they had a pain in the ass trying to get in and out. But it was fun to drive.
Military vehicles are not made for smooth ride, they are made to bring you and equipment from point "A" to point "B" in reliable and 'quick' way. If you have cosy seat and A/C interior, no soldier would go out of it when under attack thinking they are safe. But if you disembark and spread ASAP you immediately become a smaller target. Also, sometimes when seats are bare metal, you save on weight as well. All in all, great video ;)
We weren't allowed to take those off the FOB (base) in Iraq...they were too vulnerable. The "up armored" M1114 HMMVW was a bit better but still had a crappy survival rate, especially as EFPs began to show up.
My uncle was on the design team for the humvee and all its weird prototypes. They made this into just about anything, from a boat to a mobile rocket artillery.
@@jimbella9353 His name was Aaron and he worked in Michigan. I recently found some design sketches and promo work he did as well. This brings back great memories
Yeah-I realized I got the terminology wrong after I left the museum. For anyone else that is interested in the specifics, it's a M53 self propelled field artillery gun!
I own a 1992 M1025 HMMWV,mine is the slantback and the first year that General Motors/Detroit released the 6.5L V8 after the discontinuation of the 6.2L V8 (Even though you could still buy them for a year as a crate engine).Mine is also completely mechanical inclined,for a year (1992-1993) the 6.5L didn't have EFI and had DB2 fuel pumps before EFI and the DS4 electric fuel pumps which require a PMD relocation kit. The one that I have is also naturally aspirated just like the 6.2L was unless you bought a turbo kit from the dealership.In the M1025-M1097 HMMWV the 6.5L were all N/A (Never understood why it was even like that in the first place).The 6.5L it has is no different than the F code that I had in my 1992 K2500 when I was still in high school,the only difference is that mine had the GM3 turbocharger just like the C1500-C3500/K1500-K3500 and V1500-V3500/R1500-R3500 all had (If it was a diesel truck,and mine only ever did 11-25 PSI of boost on most days).In the military the F code 6.5L just like the J code 6.2L was deleted and had no EGR/SMOG valves on it,it was the same way if you had that verison in a civilian pickup and dually,or van too,but the restricted engines were common to find in civil trucks as well,including the H1 Hummer.The deleted verisons of them were the highest in horsepower/torque.Combining both verisons of the two engines,the 6.2L is 130-155 HP/250-275 TQ and the 6.5L is 185-205 HP/350-450 TQ.A turbocharged 6.2L is 190-215 HP/365-380 TQ. The 6.2L IDI just like the Navistar 6.9L & 7.3L IDI's had a Gale Banks turbo that you could install if you bought it with the truck.It provided 20% increase in fuel efficiency and 60 HP/115 TQ with 5-10 PSI of boost.For the 6.2L IDI,honestly if you want more power out of them you will need either a marine 6.2L,6.5L,marine 6.5L,or heavy duty 6.5L (P400/6500) to interchange parts and you can get some improvement,even more than 20 PSI of boost which is unheard of at that.
Did it feel wide when you were driving it? I always thought the track width was huge on those. And also not known for fuel milage I believe lol. Great video!
Brian Benton Thanks for watching dude! Yeah it did feel pretty wide. Maybe because the seats are pushed so far to the edges of the vehicle. But it only was maybe a couple inches wider than my F250. And yeah, 8mpg is probably about right!
The Detroit 6.2L & 6.5L V8's that the HMMWV's have (Depending on the series and variants) were actually built for fuel efficiency as their prime improvement although having less power than most other diesel trucks during their time.The 6.2L IDI was very underpowered at 130-155 HP/250-275 TQ and being naturally aspirated unless you bought a Gale Banks turbocharger and jumped up to 190-215 HP/365-380 TQ,a 5.7L SB could run circles around it other than the 7.4L BB.It was like comparing the Navistar 6.9L & 7.3L IDI to the Ford 460,the gas engines had all the torque until serious changes started to happen.The 6.5L even though using the exact same engine block was a massive difference when it came out and throughout it's timeline was 185-205 HP/350-450 TQ,even still with indirect fuel injection.Those all had the GM3 but crate engines and the M1025-M1046 HMMWV's for whatever reason weren't turbocharged.The 6.5L at that was on tier with the 454 because those were 240-290 HP/385-410 TQ and it also was comparable to the Cummins 12V 6BT which had 160-215 HP/400-440 TQ for the Dodge Rams because horsepower/torque numbers on the 5.9L were all over the place depending on what vehicular apparatus it was powering.Both engines are exactly the same in the AM General HMMWV as they were in the K5-K30/C10-C30 and C1500-C3500/K1500-K3500 and V1500-V3500/R1500-R3500.The only difference with the 6.2L/6.5L in the military for the HMMWV & CUCV was them being deleted and having none on EGR/SMOG,the 6.2L for them was the J code and the 6.5L was the F code.When General Motors/Detroit discontinued both of them including the Fuel Pincher 8.2L which is what the Kodiak/Topkick had,AM General got rights and license to keep the 6.5L in the now M1113-M1167 because for some reason a updated transmission and transfer case couldn't be used for the Isuzu Duramax in the Humvees even though they weren't any bigger than the 6.2L/6.5L only by a .1 in displacement because obviously it's a 6.6L.The 6.5L at that point became the Optimiser P400/6500 and had updated heads,radiators,cranks,turbocharger,etc for the armory HMMWV's and has been that way ever since.
I'm 6'3. Tight fit in the DeLorean that I recently rented but not terrible. Pretty easy to fit in the Humvee, as long as you're not wearing body armor!
Ok, as an H1 owner, I can say that our BIGGEST pet peeve (other than the existence of the H2) is people who just flop the hood latches down and CHIP THE DAMN PAINT. BE CAREFUL WITH THAT YO.
No 'Park' position on the shifter, but if you have to park on a steep incline, as a precaution should the handbrake fail, if you engage Hi L or Low, will the differential lock-up hold the Humvee still and stop it rolling into someone's house?
This is a good question, I don't know the answer. It's certainly possible the parking brake could fail, and I would assume the protocol would be to leave it in R if facing downhill, or D if facing uphill. Maybe someone else here could chime in with the answer?
The only thing stopping that thing from rolling is the e-brake. Putting it in gear wont stop it from rolling since it's an auto and putting the t-case in any other gear wont matter. A lot of people who daily these just brings wheel chocks or a wood 4x4 to put behind the tires.
Humvees are actually still widely used. The official replacement is the JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle) however not that many have been built so far.
I don't really get what the point is. If it has no armor, why didn't they just have the troops drive suburbans or something? What's the point of making troops ride around in tiny unpadded seats with no air conditioning? These things were crazy slow and unreliable. I don't really get it.
The JLTV/LATV definitely has superior power since it has the Duramax with 350 HP/700 TQ and the Allison 2800SP,in comparison to a Detroit with 205 HP/450 TQ and 4L80E in the HMMWV/ECV.But it's not small enough,on top of being 10,600 lbs a JLTV can't fit or be air dropped out of a C-130 like a HMMWV always can be.It comes to cost as well,why do you think all those MRAPV's are being left behind in the Middle East? Because it's costly and a hasstle with their size and weight to transport them anywhere basically.I think the better truck is the MATV which is bigger than the other two at 27,500 lbs and has the Caterpillar 3126/C-7 at 290 HP/860 TQ just like the FMTV,but it's massive as well and a issue to find transportation from unit to unit for it,it's the same size as a M1113 Guardian.
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imagine dying inside a hunk of metal box for a country that dosent want to spend a single extra dollar to add comfort and extra leg room to the young soliders that are sent to be killed inside this car
