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OUT AND ABOUT WITH MY HMMWV
- Thread starter Mogman
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Agreed! Really smooth ride. I realized this last winter when I had almost 700kg (1500lbs) of drywall in the back. Awesome license plate btw!
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I tried tempting the rain Gods today, we really need the rain, All I got was a little drizzle.
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And a fortune cookie, CAMO
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Went to a church my brother is a knight (of some kind) for a kids event. They had a fire truck, a couple of police cars, a helicopter and a couple of our humvees. As usual, the kids had a blast and the humvees were the center of attention.
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Military vehicle meeting Bürglen Switzerland.
Super event!
Off-road rides with heavy armored recovery vehicles, field howitzers, M113, and much more. Laser shooting with a Centurion.
Visit to the nearby border defense communications bunker. Great people, great weather... simply great!
Super event!
Off-road rides with heavy armored recovery vehicles, field howitzers, M113, and much more. Laser shooting with a Centurion.
Visit to the nearby border defense communications bunker. Great people, great weather... simply great!
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No Unimogs??
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No, Unimogs never where in service... thats for gardening in europe!
Picture 13 is a MOWAG Eagle IV
Mark I and II was based on the HMMWV... the newer one based on the Stairer Duro Platform... see wikipedia for more
en.wikipedia.org
Picture 13 is a MOWAG Eagle IV
Mark I and II was based on the HMMWV... the newer one based on the Stairer Duro Platform... see wikipedia for more
Mowag Eagle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Caactus
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Possibly the best quote I’ve ever heard on SS. lol
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Thank you... I was just being honest.
Okay, there may have been a few of the very first UNIMOGs in military units. But that was for watering the flowers in front of the general's barracks. Or as a tool for building fortifications.
From a European perspective, hardly anyone understands your hype about these things... They are agricultural vehicles.
UniMoG stands for Universal Motor Gerät (Device)
That's for garden landscape farmers, community services like watering municipal parks. Or for light forestry work. These are implement carriers... Universal vehicles to which you can connect as many different devices as possible.
From our point of view, this is about as far-fetched as considering a HMMWV for plowing a field.
Okay, there may have been a few of the very first UNIMOGs in military units. But that was for watering the flowers in front of the general's barracks. Or as a tool for building fortifications.
From a European perspective, hardly anyone understands your hype about these things... They are agricultural vehicles.
UniMoG stands for Universal Motor Gerät (Device)
That's for garden landscape farmers, community services like watering municipal parks. Or for light forestry work. These are implement carriers... Universal vehicles to which you can connect as many different devices as possible.
From our point of view, this is about as far-fetched as considering a HMMWV for plowing a field.
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Armed Forces Day is a thing.
Bremerton WA has one of the longest running celebrations for Armed Forces Day, this year being the 77th.
I was scheduled to drive the M1165 and placed in the middle of the pack of 150 participants. Last night the event organizer called me and asked if I would mind driving one of the VIPs, the SWFPAC Sailor of the Year. I said yes, happy to help. So I was assigned a spot in Section A.
She still wanted me to appear in my assigned position in Section C as well so as not to mess up the grandstand announcer's script.
Some Corvette club carried the admirals and commanders, I fell in behind them, and behind me was a SWFPAC Marine Security group in a fully armored HMMWV and a Bearcat.
So as soon as I hit parade end I dropped my rider off and raced through the streets of Bremerton to get back to the staging area and find my other spot. Just made it too, as they were starting to roll as I arrived. On my way in I passed some other privately owned milsurp trucks but didn't have time to stop and admire them.
It was overcast and misted a few times, but the rain held off until the end.
Bremerton WA has one of the longest running celebrations for Armed Forces Day, this year being the 77th.
I was scheduled to drive the M1165 and placed in the middle of the pack of 150 participants. Last night the event organizer called me and asked if I would mind driving one of the VIPs, the SWFPAC Sailor of the Year. I said yes, happy to help. So I was assigned a spot in Section A.
She still wanted me to appear in my assigned position in Section C as well so as not to mess up the grandstand announcer's script.
Some Corvette club carried the admirals and commanders, I fell in behind them, and behind me was a SWFPAC Marine Security group in a fully armored HMMWV and a Bearcat.
So as soon as I hit parade end I dropped my rider off and raced through the streets of Bremerton to get back to the staging area and find my other spot. Just made it too, as they were starting to roll as I arrived. On my way in I passed some other privately owned milsurp trucks but didn't have time to stop and admire them.
It was overcast and misted a few times, but the rain held off until the end.
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On top, the Rim of the Grand Canyon 
Trip started Wednesday 9 am at juniper hills ca, we drove towards ST George Utah,
365 miles,
We had a chance to stop and cool off at the virgin river passing through Utah, Arizona and Nevada corners,
( gotta love demoCRAP free St. George and Hurricane ) , what a beautiful clean place. )
later in the evening the rest of the group arrived, we camped 20 miles south east of Utah right on Arizona border.
The next morning we continued on off road trails to see Dinosaur tracks and 10.000 year old petroglyphs,
Along the way lots of epic places , and mines to explore.
Day two we continued towards Grand Canyon National park, epic drive, 4x4 needed, low range and high ground clearance, it was business as usual for the humvee,
at the rim of the canyon there is a spot for 5 vehicles,
unbelievable to see what Colorado river did in its 1.1 billion years of flow,
Grand Canyon is one of the oldest unchanged geological places on Earth, over 1.1 billion years of flow,
Top the rim is all covered in sea shells, age dating points to 250 million years old oceanic creatures,
The night we ended up camping at 6000 ft elevation in the forest,
The 3rd day we continued towards another spot at the rim of the Grand Canyon, that is another epic drive by itself, 77 miles off road from one side to the other side,
We ended up at the most spectacular point of the canyon edge, 4000 fr drop off was 10 ft away from where I had my humvee parked,
( look at the picture, sunrise at the rim )
Beautiful camping allowed BLM spot,
In the 4 day off road drive and 410 miles of only off road we saw few Side by sides no other SUV or Truck, no service at all for 3 full days.
The last day we ended up by lake mead and camped right by the shore.
drive home was uneventful ( my trusty humvee kicks ass )
Trip started Wednesday 9 am at juniper hills ca, we drove towards ST George Utah,
365 miles,
We had a chance to stop and cool off at the virgin river passing through Utah, Arizona and Nevada corners,
( gotta love demoCRAP free St. George and Hurricane ) , what a beautiful clean place. )
later in the evening the rest of the group arrived, we camped 20 miles south east of Utah right on Arizona border.
The next morning we continued on off road trails to see Dinosaur tracks and 10.000 year old petroglyphs,
Along the way lots of epic places , and mines to explore.
Day two we continued towards Grand Canyon National park, epic drive, 4x4 needed, low range and high ground clearance, it was business as usual for the humvee,
at the rim of the canyon there is a spot for 5 vehicles,
unbelievable to see what Colorado river did in its 1.1 billion years of flow,
Grand Canyon is one of the oldest unchanged geological places on Earth, over 1.1 billion years of flow,
Top the rim is all covered in sea shells, age dating points to 250 million years old oceanic creatures,
The night we ended up camping at 6000 ft elevation in the forest,
The 3rd day we continued towards another spot at the rim of the Grand Canyon, that is another epic drive by itself, 77 miles off road from one side to the other side,
We ended up at the most spectacular point of the canyon edge, 4000 fr drop off was 10 ft away from where I had my humvee parked,
( look at the picture, sunrise at the rim )
Beautiful camping allowed BLM spot,
In the 4 day off road drive and 410 miles of only off road we saw few Side by sides no other SUV or Truck, no service at all for 3 full days.
The last day we ended up by lake mead and camped right by the shore.
drive home was uneventful ( my trusty humvee kicks ass )
