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It’s not quite time to say goodbye to the Humvee as the US Army’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicles starts to make an appearance
This M1036, an Armaments Carrier fitted with a TOW M220 launcher and a winch, is seen during an exercise conducted in January 1995. The photograph shows the high ground clearance of the Humvee.
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This M1114 Armament Carrier is assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, which is using it to patrol the town of Barwana, Iraq, on March 31, 2004. M1114 is an up-armored HMMWV; note the added ventilation grilles at the rear, very necessary when the vehicle is operating closed. Despite the added vehicle armour, the machine gunner is still very exposed.
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In early 2019, the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team of the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division took on strength the first of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to enter service. The JLTV will replace the High-Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at the sharp end of US military endeavours, be they war-making or peacekeeping. Indeed, the process of replacing the HMMWV – pronounced Humvee – began in 2007 when hastily built and procured Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to replace the Humvee, which had not been designed to cope with improvised explosive devices.
