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The Dongfeng EQ2050 [b] is a Chinese-made armored vehicle based on the Humvee, manufactured for government use by the Dongfeng Motor Group. It is known to be sold by the company for 700,000 Yuan ($93,000). [5] The vehicle was created after People's Liberation Army (PLA) officials saw the Humvee deployed in the Gulf War. While it is used in the ...
The Truck, Utility, ¼-Ton, 4×4, or simply M151 was the successor to the Korean War M38 and M38A1 Jeep Light Utility Vehicles.The M151 had an integrated body design which offered a little more space than prior jeeps, and featured all-around independent suspension with coil springs.
The Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle (CUCV; / ˈ k ʌ k v iː / KUK-vee), [1] later the Light Service Support Vehicle (LSSV), is a vehicle program instituted to provide the United States military with light utility vehicles based on a civilian truck chassis.
M998, M998A1, M1038, and M1038A1 model Humvees are available, which are out of U.S. service and lack armor. AM General has been opposed to the resale of military Humvees to the general public, primarily because surplus government vehicles would have cut into sales related to the civilian Hummer model, whose production ended in 2010. [173]
The Surplus Record has been available online since 1986, [4] when buyers would use 2400-baud modems to access it. Currently, it is the largest online directory in the world for surplus capital equipment. [5] The company started its own online auctions in 1999, [1] [6] a year before it was acquired.
In December 2022, U.S. Congress approved the sale of 26 M1279A1 JLTVs to Poland as part of a package of military sales to Poland. [128] In January 2023, the order of the 116 M1A1 was confirmed, with this confirmation, 12 M88A2, 8 M1110, 6 M577 and 26 M1152A1 workshop Humvee was confirmed with their logistic package, but no mention of the JLTV.
Although performance was excellent, the MT was deemed "surplus to requirements" and cancelled in favor of existing 3 ⁄ 4-ton and 1 1 ⁄ 2-ton trucks. 1942 Willys MB (slat grille) 1942 T24 Scout Car – MT-based armored car. Although it performed well in trials, the T24 was abandoned in favor of the M8 and M20 Light Armored Car.
The Humvee's replacement, a completely new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) design, has been in production by Oshkosh Corporation since 2016. [27] AM General was unsuccessful in its bid for this $30-billion 25-year contract, and it is now focused on military Humvee support (they still outnumber JLTVs by three to one) and development of a new ...