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Humvee
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Hum·vee  (hmv)
A trademark used for a durable wide-bodied military vehicle with four-wheel drive.
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Noun1.Humvee - a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive
Hum-Vee
military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
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As up-armored Humvees became more prevalent, insurgents buried large bombs in the roads to attack their soft underbellies.
MRAPs, irregular warfare, and pentagon reform by Lamb, Christopher J.; Schmidt, Matthew J.; Fitzsimmons, Berit G. / Joint Force Quarterly
Despite years of catch-up efforts to make humvees safer, it appears that the military's workhorse hasn't entirely escaped its reputation as a "death trap.
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This means the Afghan army will get around 104,000 M-16 rifles, 4,300 machine guns, 2,250 grenade launchers, 4,000 armoured Humvees and 660 Humvee ambulances, says Lieutenant Colonel Christian Kubik, spokesman for the US military training programme.
Afghan soldiers pick up US weapons by AFP / AFP South Asian Edition
 
 
 
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