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HMMWV: Workhorse of the US Army
by Carl Schulze ISBN 962-361-676-7
56 pages, 174 color photos, 4 color plates, 1/35 scale plans
The
M998 Series High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV),
or Hummer, is truly the workhorse of the US Army. Officially introduced
into service in 1984, the inventory of the US Army alone is close
to 90,000 vehicles.
The
HMMWV has seen combat action several times in its service history.
The first was during "Operation Just Cause" in 1989 in
Panama. When "Operation Desert Storm" marked the liberation
of Kuwait in early 1991, HMMWVs were deployed with almost every
US unit deployment. 1992 saw the HMMWVs in action in Somalia, and
in the mid 1990's the HMMWVs serviced in peacekeeping duties in
Bosnia and Kosovo. Currently the HMMWVs are fielded in Afghanistan
with the US forces there.
The
author Carl Schulze brings us 174 remarkable photo images of the
different HMMWV variants in action. All the different variants are
covered, and there is separate chapter on international HMMWVs and
the MOWAG Eagle which the Hummer is derived from. For the modelers,
there are eight 1/35 scale plans featuring the popular troop carrier,
armament carrier, ambulance and Avenger versions of the Hummer.