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More like short and sour but definately correct.The short and sweet answer is no.
Actually, AM General has an agreement from day one that made it impossible for the government to sell them complete as surplus to the average Joe. They could only be sold or given away to other governments. The Marines found a loophole. They did not sell them. They traded to a contractor for some work. They were not "sold" so it did not violate the agreement at the time. This is where the majority of the military HMMWVs came from. The loop hole was closed quickly after that.As best as I understand it,
The HMMWV got killed by AM General lobbying Congress. Around the mid 90's, the Marine Corps cut some loose through DRMO. This bothered AM General as they were selling their Civilian H1 for alot of money and they didn't want the competition or the option of buyers getting a Mil-Spec HMMWV for pennies on the dollar for what they were charging for a Civilian H1. They cited "rollover rates" of the trucks in service with Active Duty Military and used that as a bargaining chip to push their agenda through. Turns out, they do roll pretty often in Active Duty use but realistically, that's Private Joe Snuffy at all of 18 years of age driving like a jack@@@ and doing some dumb stuff to get it to the point of rolling over. Therefore, the Government deems it an unsafe vehicle and AM General had their solution. The Government stopped selling the HMMWV's and AM General cashed in on selling their inferior H1. If it's unsafe for highway use, how does the National Guard and Marine Corps Reserve get away with doing just that with them??? Well, they are another Govt. entity and Uncle Sam know's that they are perfectly fine vehicles that can accomplish the mission. I've driven plenty under all sorts of conditions and never rolled one. I have seen them get stuck though.... See my post on my Training Pictures!!!! If someone knows differently, please post so that I can tell the story correctly.