On this episode of Head 2 Head, Jonny Lieberman pits an American icon against itself. Since 1984 AM Generals Humvee has served as the U.S. Militarys primary multipurpose workhorse. However, after ...
A Humvee, which has a flat bottom and rides much lower, traps the blast and shoves it up toward the crew. The MRAP's elevated geometry pushes the explosion out and away. "It doesn't matter how good ...
The Pentagon is on a crash course to buy thousands of larger and better designed troop-carrying vehicles in hopes of decreasing the mounting death toll from roadside bombs in Iraq. The Marine Corps ...
When I asked Senator McCain about MRAP on Monday, some folks seemed confused. But there’s no doubt that the MRAP program, which seeks to replace up-armored Humvees in Iraq with sturdier, mine ...
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps remains committed to a huge program to replace some 170,000 Humvees in the U.S. military fleet, even as the services are scaling back their plans ...