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Where I am the Army owned/outfitted, still in service HMMWV equipped with them literally have airlift spray painted on them in typical Army stencils with arrows pointing to hook points. Not a huge leap of logic there.

I'm an army contractor that works with aviation and motorpool all day every day for a living. There's 40 some odd HMMWV right outside my office door and about half of them have airlift bumpers- exactly the nomenclature everyone uses for them on post. They are straight up not designed for impact...

Absolutely nothing about the airlift bumper is designed to resist impact. It's for moving attachment points off the body enough for aerial slings, per the name. An airlift bumper would just be another expensive part you'd be replacing in these scenarios You're a grumpy old bumper salesman...

Putting an airlift bumper on a Humvee for rear end traffic accident protection is about as effective as wearing a parachute on a commercial airliner. It's not gunna work in the 0.00001% chance you even need it anyway. Enjoy your pretzeled frame and destroyed $1000 bumper to save yourself a...

Insurance would have a bill, not me. That's what it's for. Besides these aren't daily drivers. Not much risk

The black kettle looking thing by the firewall with the sight glass on it is your power steering reservoir. Power steering pump does a bunch of jobs on the HMMWV, it also powers your brakes and the fan clutch so make sure it's topped off and functional. It uses dextron 3 (basically ATF) not...