The AM General HMMWV are becoming so popular around the world particularly in America with its features basically being built for military use.
If you’re not familiar with the HMMWV mentioned, it stands for high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (Humvee) .
A tactical vehicle designed and produced to replace the US Army’s current tactical vehicles in the 0.25t to 1.25t range as highlighted by www.army-technology.com
These vehicles were on point when it appeared in the 2008 “Incredible Hulk” movie, its appearance may have gotten a lot of car enthusiasts, attention showcasing its strength and capabilities as an army vehicle.
According to www.army-technology.com the HMMWV is a lightweight, diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical vehicle built on the M998 chassis common to all of its configurations allowing it to carry military equipment including machine guns and anti-tank missile launchers.
The vehicle is 6ft high, 7ft wide and 15ft long. The chassis is a steel frame with boxed frame rails and five cross members constructed from high-grade alloy steel. The body is made of aluminium which reduces the weight and provides high resistance to corrosion.
The website highlights the vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the M998 HMMWV is 7700lb with a curb weight of 5200lb. At maximum payload of 2500lb the vehicle can reach a maximum speed of 65mph. It has seating options of 1+1 or 2+2 based on the configuration.
It uses a 12V/24V electrical system and has a fuel tank with a capacity of 95l. The HMMWV has disk brakes fitted on all four wheels.
The disk brakes are mounted inboard to the wheels outside of each differential.
Looking at those details, this high-grade alloy steel vehicle is something you don’t want to mess with when on the warzone.
Apart from the Humvee, the film also gave us a quick glimpse of the Volkswagen Kombi.
According to website auto.howstuffworks.com, the all second-generation Type 2 models used the latest Beetle’s 1600 engine (1,584cc, 96.6 cubic inches), here rated at 57 horsepower at 4400 rpm and 82 pounds/feet of torque at 3000.
Horsepower was up over the first-generation, but so was curb weight, so the 1968 Volkswagen Bus really wasn’t much faster than the last of the first-generation 1967s. Zero-60 mph still took about 37 seconds and top speed remained 65 mph.
VW calculated fuel consumption with the vehicle travelling at 75 per cent of top speed, which worked out to 23 mpg at 53 mph. At 65 mph, where most real-world buses cruised, weather and road conditions permitting, owners saw about 19 mpg.
