The first surplus auction of U.S. Military Humvees took place last Wednesday, and they hauled in big bucks. The 25 trucks on offer at GovPlanet.com all had opening bids of $10,000 and sold for between ...

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Here’s What You Need to Remember: Just like the World War II-era jeep, the 4-ton Humvee – first introduced in the 1980s – has become an icon. There are 300,000 Humvees operated by the U.S. military ...

A Kansas legislator is pushing to allow ex-military vehicles to be licensed for use on the state’s roads, which could give a boost to a company in Butler County that buys surplus Humvees and upgrades ...

A 40-year-old man suspected of stealing a cache of military equipment — including three Humvees — in a late-night break-in at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin has been arrested, police said this week ...

A brand new business is coming to Padre Island where people can rent authentic retired military Humvees. The Humvees are street-legal everywhere on the island, even over the JFK Causeway. Some ...

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Military surplus Humvees are legally available to civilians for $10,000-$30,000 through GovPlanet auctions, but getting one street-legal involves navigating bureaucratic warfare that makes actual ...

After drafting the final specifications for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle in 1979, the U.S. Army decided on AM General for the Humvee. The civilian version rolled out in 1992, and the ...

As the war in Vietnam was winding down, the U.S. military found itself sorely in need of a new vehicle to replace an aging fleet of Jeeps which hadn't changed significantly since their inception ...

Within the last 30 years, the HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) or "Humvee" has become an iconic vehicle on and off the battlefield. From Operation Desert Storm to the current warfare ...

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquially known worldwide as the Humvee) is as ubiquitous in the United States military today as the Jeep was during World War II. The Humvee ...