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by felipemnoa 1543 days ago
HMMWVs

What does this acronym stand for?
2 comments
tapvt 1543 days ago
To directly answer the question: “High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle” [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee

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HWR_14 1543 days ago
It's the military term for Humvee - the huge vehicle that was popular for a while when gas was cheap. Or rather "hum vee" is how it is pronounced and the civilians spelled it phonetically.
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froh 1543 days ago
"Hummer" was the brand name of the consumer version:

https://youtu.be/GEMRkQmh9WI

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HWR_14 1543 days ago
I originally wrote hummer, but I thought that was a slang term. Thanks
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