The HMMWV is powered by a turbocharged 6.5l V8 diesel engine. The vehicle supports more than 100 military missions – such as cargo and troop carriers, and TOW missile and special operations vehicles.

The military's High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), ... Tipping the scales at 14,400 pounds, the stock engine is only able to accelerate the truck to 60 mph in 43 seconds.

As for performance, you’ll love what’s been done to this Humvee.Gone is its original engine, replaced instead by a 6.6-liter Duramax ‘LML’ turbodiesel V8 unit, reportedly fitted with an ...

Launched in 1992, the GM-Detroit 6.5L diesel turbocharged V8 engine was under the hood of many models, but some years were better than others.

As the Humvee evolved, the engine grew to a 6.5L turbodiesel making 380 lb-ft, while curb weight hit the 6,000-pound mark. Roof-mounted guns were enclosed in turrets. In 2003 came the Iraq War ...

Diesel tuning legend Gale Banks has delivered the first hybrid Humvee for U.S. Army tests, combining an electric motor generator unit with a V6 engine.

The Humvee is so versatile, in fact, that it will eventually replace not only the jeep, but also the 2-ton M274 Mule and the big six-wheel-drive, 1-ton M561 Gama Goat, both, like the jeep, well ...

All the six wheels of the Humvee (sized 20 inches at the front and 24 inches at the rear) are attached to a custom-built chassis spin under the power of the engine.

The Humvee dates back to 1983 when the Pentagon awarded AM General Corporation a $1 billion production contract to develop 55,000 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV). That acronym ...

A recent U.S. aid package to Ukraine included 2000 Humvees to boost their defenses, especially in urban areas. Ukraine will also adapt the Humvees with new technologies.