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Re: Armored Hummers?

Not that it applies to field modifications, but at a meeting last week our congressman (Hobson, R-Ohio) said he had visited the shop where the Hummer's armor was installed. He said that they were basically disassembled at this facility and then the armor was added. He also went to pains to point out that the Hummer was "basically a friggin' Chevy Tahoe" underneath. Don't know how true that is-anybody build Hummers?

Appears these are targets in Iraq. Are their any armored versions > available? Any in field modifications being done these days, like > you saw in WWII? Are soldiers piling sand bags, welding plates, etc.. > > > Craig
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bfuhrman
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Look at a true Hummer and an H2 side-by-side. They have virtually nothing in common that I can see. The H1, especially to military specs, has outstanding off-road capability. The H2 looks like it would get stuck trying to hang an illegal U-turn over a freeway median strip (a common SUV maneuver.)

Mark Schynert

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Mark Schynert

snipped-for-privacy@clarkcountyhistoricalsociety.org (bfuhrman) wrote in :

That is true for the H2, not for the H1. The H1 has a unique construction, with features you won't find on any SUV. Geared hubs, for example (to increase ground clearance because the axle doesn't have to meet the centre of the wheel). Its chassis is of a far larger caliber than found under an SUV, too.

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Harro de Jong

the H2 is this way. the Military hummer is not that piece of garbage

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<rgoldman

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