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Preview - Conrad's M998 Hummer story

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Car

M998 Humvee

The M998 Humvee is a tough military truck used by the Army. It's built to handle rough conditions and can carry soldiers and equipment.

Term

up-armored

Up-armored means that a vehicle has extra armor added to it for protection. This is important for military trucks that might face dangerous situations.

Concept

first-generation Humvee

The first-generation Humvee is the original version of this military truck, known for being tough and able to drive on rough terrain. It was first used in the 1980s.

LIVE

Okay, the car is the M998 Humvee, provided to me very generously by my Army Reserve unit,

by Uncle Sam, has given me the opportunity to drive this beast of a truck.

I mean, we do call it a car, but it is, we call it a truck, but ...

Absolutely.

Yeah, it's a beast of a vehicle.

Now, this one was not up-armored, right?

This was not ...

No, yeah.

Yeah, that's important.

You do have to draw a distinction between like this, between the first-generation Humvee

that was created in the 80s and the second up-armored version created in the late 90s.

Like, this is not one of those screw-you Iraq war ones that Ironman drives around

and we get to tackle with people in the Ironman movie.

This is not like a blast-proof windows or steel all around.

It's basically a really big Jeep.

It's got a soft top, soft doors.