The Jeep Is Dead, Long Live the HMMWV
In the April 1983 issue of Popular Mechanics, the battle was on to replace the Jeep. AM General would be declared the winner, and the Hummer was born.
By Murray Rubenstein
Oct 21, 2020
Popular Mechanics
In the April 1983 issue, Popular Mechanics followed a certain Army program very closely. Called the High-Mobility, Multipurpose, Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV, the program would finally supplant the valiant jeep as the U.S. Army's do-anything vehicle. AM General would eventually be crowned the winner the same month this magazine hit newsstands. Its creation, the Hummer, would go on to serve until this day.
After more than 40 years of faithful service, the historic Army jeep is being retired, put out to pasture. How do you say goodbye to the end of an era, to the last days of an old friend?
Since 1940, the jeep has stood as a symbol of Yankee guts and ingenuity—a runty little battlefield workhorse that was tough, dependable, easy to maintain, seemingly immune to the indignities of war, and ultimately beloved by all it touched, from foot-weary GIs to four-star generals.
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