# Humvees **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 16, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588 "2002-03-16T06:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![felix9x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@felix9x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/felix9x)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/21 "2002-03-17T20:24:26Z")
I distinctly remember looking at the engine in the hummer and on one of the stickers it said something to the effect that the emitions on of the engine dont comply with US standards. Also military hummers dont have air conditioning which makes them realy uncomfortably in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Poloin99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Poloin99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poloin99)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/22 "2002-03-18T00:06:56Z")
Some guy up there said that these vehicles are not armored. Indeed there is an armored version with bullet proof (resistant?) glass. My 2 Cents ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/23 "2002-03-18T03:51:00Z")
Our EOD (aka. “Bomb Squad”) Flights use an _uparmored_ Humvee, used when they sweep for UXOs (unexploded ordnance). They sometimes have a turret on the top for the 50-cal rifle, sometimes not. Why armored? As found in Bosnia, sometimes you don’t see what you run over, and something detonates. You’d rather have a totalled hummer than 4 dead EOD troops. . . Bulletproof? By no means. But they will sustain a blast from an AP/AT mine, IED, or some other generic explosive (to a point). Tripler An aspiring EOD Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/24 "2002-03-18T05:06:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weeks \* > \*\*You’ll get a [UNIMOG](http://maximog.com/)! \*\* Yup. Any time a vehicle is referred to as a “System” (as it is on their web page), you know you’re in for a treat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/25 "2002-03-18T05:53:05Z")
The maximog [http://www.maximog.com](http://www.maximog.com) has them all beat hands down. It even comes with its own BWM motorcyce, and an un-maned remote control spy plane. The onboard tool kit has a submersible chain saw. Fatherjohn would love it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/26 "2002-03-18T07:54:55Z")
The military Hummers I’m familiar with are either heavily armored - they’re supposed to stop 7.62, but I wouldn’t want to be the one proving it - or stripped. Stripped meaning no windows, no roof (exept for the bars), no doors, no windshield, and no seatbelts. To ride in one of those things you need goggles, a bandana, a helmet and a strong belief in a benign afterlife. ---
**Author:** ![Weeks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@Weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeks)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/27 "2002-03-18T11:50:09Z")
Uh,thanks for clearin that up, bdgr…😕 ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/28 "2002-03-18T20:30:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weeks \* > \*\*Uh,thanks for clearin that up, bdgr…😕 \*\* NP ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588/29 "2002-03-18T23:42:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doc Nickel \* > \*\*Also, keep in mind that “armored”, doesn’t necessarily mean “bulletproof”. The Military hummer has additional panels of Kevlar and such in the doors and cab panels, but they don’t necessarily have bullet-resistant windows. > \*\* Actually to my knowledge, all the glass is “bulletproof”, which is to stay bullet resistant, on standard hummers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humvees/98588.md?page=1)