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Mero told a court of inquiry he was “100% certain” that small-arms fire struck the gunner’s turret shield on the convoy’s second Humvee, which was targeted by the car bomber.
Where's the triggerman?" shouted McMaster's gunner, Cpl. Thomas Dillard, 26, of Beeville, Tex. ... Blasted from the Humvee along with the gun turret, he had suffered severe head trauma.
Military Photo: Humvee Prototype Archives. In less than 80 days, the turret prototype on this Humvee was taken from sketched concept to hard-core assembly. The igloo-shaped structure is designed to ...
Army Fights Humvee Rollovers. ... Often the victim is the turret gunner, whose head and torso rises above the roof. Rollovers may be impossible to eliminate, given the unwieldy trucks, ...
Martin Dempsey, the Army general who’s now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was a division commander when he got to Baghdad in 2003 and climbed into a Humvee for his first trip off base.
Martin Dempsey, the Army general who’s now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was a division commander when he got to Baghdad in 2003 and climbed into a humvee for his first trip off base.
The Humvee withstood the force of a deep ravine rollover, and my son, seated in the turret as the gunner, would not have survived the incident had it not been for the hard top of the Humvee, ...
By S. JOHN WILKIN [email protected] Tuesday, April 06, 2004 Page: 1A BAGHDAD, Iraq – As soon as they leave the relative safety of Camp Muleskinner, their Iraq home, the 109th Field Artillery ...
The U.S. Marine Corps announced it will use parts from HMMWVs on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, including the Gunner's Protection Kit -- a move that will save $100 million.