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HMMWV M998 Gun Truck w/Added Armor and M60 - 82nd Engineer Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Iraq 2003

By: Dragon Models

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Dragon Armor - United States (Die-Cast) (1/72)

Last Stocked on 9/14/2019

Product Info

Title
HMMWV M998 Gun Truck w/Added Armor and M60 - 82nd Engineer Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Iraq 2003
Publisher
Publish Year
2006
Dimensions
5.5x2.75x4"
NKG Part #
2147627346
MFG. Part #
DRR60074
Type
Scale Model
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

On March 22, 1983 the U. S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command awarded the AM General Division of LTV Aerospace and Defense (now AM General Corporation) a $1.2 billion contract to produce 55,000 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV, pronounced Humvee), to be delivered in 15 different configurations over a five year period. The contract included an option to increase the number of vehicles purchased by 100 percent during each of the five option years. The Army eventually ordered an additional 15,000 option vehicles raising the totals to 70,000 vehicles and $1.6 billion. It was the largest multiyear contract for tactical wheeled vehicles ever awarded by the U.S. Army.

Known officially as the M998 Series and nicknamed the HUMMER, this technologically advanced 1 1/4-ton, 4x4, multipurpose vehicle answered the armed forces' need for superior mobility in a tactical field environment. It was versatile, mobile, and fast, and replaced an assortment of vehicles, including: some M151s (1/4-ton utility vehicles (the old "jeep"), all M274s (1/4-ton Mules), all M561s (1-1/2-ton Gama Goats), and some M880s (1 1/4-ton pick-up trucks).

The M1025, M1025A1, M1026 and M1026A1 HMMWVs are Armament Carrier configurations of the HMMWV family. The vehicles are equipped with basic armor and the weapon mount, located on the roof of the vehicle, is adaptable to mount either the M60, 7.62mm machine gun; M2 .50 caliber machine gun; or the MK 19 Grenade Launcher. The weapons platform can be traversed 360 degrees. The vehicles can climb 60% slopes and traverse a side slope of up to 40% fully loaded. The vehicles can ford hard bottom water crossing up to 30 inches without a deep water fording kit and up to 60 inches with the kit. The M1026/M1026A1 are equipped with the self-recovery winch which can also be used to recover like systems. The M1025A1 and M1026A1 models have the latest modifications applied to the vehicles.

Features:

  • Includes full interior details
  • Includes cargo mounted M60 machine gun
  • Additional armor has been added
  • Detailed front brushguard
  • Accurate gun shield and pedestal-mounted machine gun
  • Realistic painting and weathering
  • Fully assembled and pre-painted
  • True to 1:72 scale
  • Includes display case