Special: the history of the Humvee/Hummer H1
Posted on 21-06-2015 at 23:00 by Dizono – 51 Comments”
We can’t drive a car imagine that the average Green-more left-wing a bigger hate on the Hummer. The Hummer H1 has its origin in the military Humvee, did you know that, but how is that exactly?
For many years the Willys Jeep, the car of choice for many armed forces all over the world. The car is shortly before the Second world War emerged from a list of demands from the American department of Defense. Originally the car by the GP (speak, GiePie”), an abbreviation of General Purpose, but that verbastert as quickly to the Jeep. The same happens decades later as the U.s. army, the requirements to prepare for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV. That bekt now once not so good, hence the creation of ‘Humvee’.
The Humvee of Lamborghini
Let’s go back to the beginning. In the early ’70 meet the Willys Jeeps and civilian trucks that the Us military in service have not, and manufacturers will be challenged with a new design. Of course, taking into account a eisenlijstje of the army. Lamborghini is the first who, in 1977, with a driving prototype on the come up: the Cheetah. These open off-road vehicle with fiberglass body has no Lambo V12 in his rear, but a Chrysler V8 5.9 liter engine.
The Lamborghini Cheetah from 1977. Although it flopped, but leads ultimately to the LM002.
The heavy block in the rear and the surplus funds are not really an ideal combination, and it seems that is the Cheetah by a crash to an early end. The U.s. army’s decision to look elsewhere, Lamborghini developed the Cheetah, eventually, by to the you well-known LM002.
How AM General, the Humvee should build
The eisenlijstje is further refined, with the important difference that the car is now wider. Of the 61 companies that are interested in the job, to know finally only three companies, including AM General and Chrysler – on time with a prototype to deliver to the army. AM General will receive as a result of her XM998-prototype the command more prototypes to build. This XM998 II-prototypes and XM998 III-prototypes differ in appearance all almost is not the final Humvee.
The AM General XM998 HMMWV Prototype I 1981
From single prototypes to 281.000 copies
Like the prototypes, the first of 55,000 HMMWV’s from 1985 produced had to be, a 6.2-liter achtcilinder diesel under the hood. The power of 190 horsepower is hardly impressive, but with over 500 Nm of torque, will get you through anything. Slopes with a gradient of up to 60 percent belong to the possibilities. Later there will also be a 6.5-liter turbo engine with 205 hp and an impressive 600 Nm of torque. This was necessary to get up to 650 pounds of armour to make it possible, without too much capacity to provide.
That armour is necessary because Humvee’s are pretty vulnerable. With a simple AK-74 you can already considerable damage (non-pneumatic tires to the contrary), to a rocket launcher, not to mention. After about 281.000 copies produced mainly for the American army – is currently hard search for a successor. But so far it is not, at this time, rolling daily at AM General still Humvee’s of the current band. Of patrouillewagens, using ambulances to mobile anti-aircraft gun, it can all be done with the Humvee. Multipurpose indeed.
The distinctive grille, is this XM998 III-protoype from 1982, which is almost equal to the final model.
Hummer-look-a-likes
Under the motto “better well stolen than badly invented”, there are many Humvee look-a-likes on the market. The burgeoning Chinese Dongfeng EQ2050 and Indian Mahindra Axe to the Renault Sherpa and the Toyota Mega Cruiser. Even Fiat(!) tried it once with the Oltre 4×4 Concept. That was, in its turn, is technically related to the Iveco LMV, the Italian alternative to the Humvee. In Portugal, under license Humvee’s built, but with an Iveco lorry engine in the forepeak, in place of the American dieselblokken.
Hummer H1
AM General, the HMMWV has never been developed as a civilian vehicle, but thanks to the many photos of his performances during the first Gulf War in the American media and by the lobby of the Humvee-adept and Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger, the company capitulated. From 1992 to 2006, you can also as a citizen at AM General go for what at that time was the ‘Hummer’. Only when General Motors and AM General together are going to work on a smaller model, the Hummer H2, the original Hummer, the predicate H1 and taped. Unlike the Humvee, the Hummer also with petrol engines available.
Now she laughs, but the laugh will this lady quickly perish…
The H1’s have rolled off the same production line as the HMMWV’s. Where the military versions were ready, the band were driven, had to have a mechanic the H1-to-be to a building on the other side of the fabrieksparkeerplaats drive, where the H1, with a tan, a slightly less spartan interior, and other excess that the consumer wants. Luxury is a big word, for a very comfortable is a H1 not in the least. Very nice is a ride with your loved one in a Hummer. Above the noise is barely out while the middentunnel is so wide that you only can get when you both your arm extends.
The first Hummer H1 in the Netherlands is that of Emile “Tsjakka!’ Ratelband. At that time is the civilian version of the Hummer H1, however, is too large as a passenger car to be registered, but too small for truck, and to live. Ratelband, who is known not like to give up, let his hummer by the middle saw to be right behind the cab 15 inches of additional cargo box to welding. Truck id go with that banana.
Gallery: Hummer Humvee
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Gallery: Hummer H1
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