In the mid-1970s, the U.S. military needed a new High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV, as a Jeep replacement. So it called on 61 companie.
The process behind the Army’s mission to support allies and partners in Europe by supplying and sustaining equipment ranging from M1A1 tanks to camouflage net systems was center stage during
Renee Mosher, director of operations and readiness at Army Materiel Command, said the command has handled $6.8 billion in weapons and supplies for Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February.
Major programs sent to Ukraine include the Javelin missile, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle and the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile.
Officials said the Humvee formally known as a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle was taken two weeks ago at the Army Reserve Center in San Marcos, located in south-central Texas between Austin and San Antonio.