Humvee Facts: 35 Things To Know About The HMMWV

Minnesota National Guard Soldiers from the Moorhead-based 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry drive a Humvee and a five ton truck through rushing water down Minnesota Highway 1 into Oslo on April 16, 2011. The small Minnesota town on the Red River of the North is surrounded by water, so the Minnesota National Guard provides a safe method of coming and going into Oslo.

It’s variations are, well, varied. The Humvee is one of the most versatile vehicles in the military’s arsenal. It’s able to carry and deploy almost anything, from fully armed troops to anti-aircraft missiles. The Humvee is an open-topped scout vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, ambulance, a TOW missile launcher, a communication center, a heavy offensive platform and whatever else the situation requires. One of the more versatile Humvee facts.