The armoured Humvee: the M1114 of 1996 with a factory armoured crew capsule, ballistic glass and a turret, and the Expanded Capacity Vehicles of the 2000s — the M1151 armament carrier, M1152 cargo/shelter and M1165 command — with a stronger frame, a 6.5 turbo-diesel and scalable armour kits, the standard patrol vehicle of Iraq and Afghanistan.
MODEL LINEHMMWVBUILT BYAM GeneralPRODUCED1996PRODUCTIONPart of about 281,000LAYOUT4 wheels · 130″
The record
The M1114 was built in small numbers for military police and special forces before 2003, when roadside bombs in Iraq made armour the first requirement and production rose steeply; the ECVs of 2005 onwards carried the weight properly. The armour drove up the weight and hurt mobility, which was the case for the MRAPs and eventually the JLTV.
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Body styles & colours
Body style
Factory colours
Tan 686A (FS 33446)
Green 383 (FS 34094)
Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.
Imagery
A M102 Howitzer belonging to Battery A, 1-206th FA is towed north from Camp New York Kuwait on the convoy to Camp Taji by an M1114 Up-Armored HMMWVDamon.cluck · CC BY 3.0 ↗