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Forget feeble 4x4s. The 6x6 seems to be the new monster truck that everybody wants. While we can't imagine ...

Over the next year the Army will evaluate soft recoil gun technology on light combat vehicles starting with a pair of HUMVEES. Soft recoil could not only make it possible to fit vehicles with up to 155mm guns, but make light artillery more survivable in the bargain.

AM General has received a contract from the U.S. Army to provide two HUMVEE 2-CT Hawkeye Mobile Howitzer Systems for the U.S. Army's characterization test of its soft recoil technology.

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 18, 2021 at 2:28 PM A Humvee mounting a low-recoil 105 mm howitzer WASHINGTON: The Army is checking out two sizes of a unique low-recoil howitzer system: a 155mm gun on a 6×6 truck, Brutus, and a 105mm on a 4×4 Humvee, Hawkeye. That’s an extraordinarily small vehicle to mount an artillery piece, and reducing recoil is the key to making it work. The “soft recoil” system was developed by Mandus Group and integrated on vehicles by Humvee manufacturer ...

AM General Delivers Bastion to Kosovo Ministry of Defense USA - English Share this article Share this article SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AM General, leading military-grade tactical vehicle and mobility systems provider, participated in a delivery ceremony today for three Bastion armored personnel carriers (APC) to the Kosovo Ministry of Interior (MOI) for use with their police special forces. This delivery further strengthens the long partnership that AM General has with ...

2024 GMC Hummer electric SUV: Heres how it compares to the H1 Alpha Humvee In 2006 GM gave us the ne-plus-ultra in Hummer capability, the H1 Alpha. How does The Generals new electric SUV stack up against the original army-turned-civilian special? Listen - 05:42 Big and boxy...must be a Hummer. Nate Reed/Roadshow Well, GM is at it again, having just revealed an SUV version of its forthcoming all-electric...

Electric van production planned at former Hummer site April 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana factory that once produced Hummers will be churning out electric vehicles later this year. Electric Last Mile Solutions plans to make light-duty delivery vehicles in Mishawaka in the third quarter, the South Bend Tribune reported. The company said it has more than 45,000 orders for the Class 1 vehicle, which means trucks or vans weighing less than 6,000 pounds. The van ca...

Made in Michiana: Homegrown company goes international with their used book business Better World Books taking their story telling to a whole new level. “Not too many people know about Better World Books despite having served 100 million customers, we ship to over 200 countries,” says current President and CEO Dustin Holland. With rows, and rows, and rows of books. Over 6 million to be exact in this 300,000 square foot building alone. What started as a passion project between 3 college stu...

1995 Atomic Silver Hummer H1 on 40-in Tires, "Thats How Ruff Ryders Roll" 20 Feb 2021, 10:25 UTC · by 65 photos Every single time I see a Hummer H1, I get flashbacks of Chris Rock in "Down to Earth". Theres a scene where he starts singing the "Ruff Ryders Anthem" by DMX when a yellow H1 pulls up in front of the restaurant hes in. That was the moment when I first thought about how cool it would be to actually drive one of these trucks, but as I grew up, that thought pretty much vanished f...

autoevolution 18 Feb 2021, 13:08 UTC · by No matter how incredible they look and perform, no matter the powertrains fitted under their hoods, or the creature comforts lurking inside, customized half-tons will never be capable of driving their owners through whatever apocalypse could come our way. Luckily, if one looks hard enough, there are plenty of military trucks out there just waiting to serve a new master. 9 photos Back in the 1980s, AM General, the company that knew worldwide fame ...