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M1109 Heavy Uparmored
HMMWV Armament Carrier
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Specifications
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1993 |
| Manufactured by: | Chassis/Automotive: AM General, LLC.; Supplemental Armor: O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt |
| Crew: | 2-4 |
| Armament: | Various weapons/mounts could be fitted including the 5.56mm M249 SAW Machine Gun, 7.62mm M60 MG, 7.62mm M240 MG, M2HB .50 Cal Heavy MG and 40mm Mod 3 MK 19 Automatic Grenade Launcher. |
| Engine: | 8 Cylinder Diesel |
| Miscellaneous Info: |
Around the same time as the A2 series were put into production in 1993, AM General independently developed a vehicle that was substantially more armored than past variants. The vehicle used the base M1097A2 chassis as the starting point and the armor was provided by O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt which was fitted after vehicle construction. Up until that time, the armor fitted to the HMMWV's was limited or entirely supplemental to the vehicle design. This was spurred on by the famous "Blackhawk Down" incident in Somalia. The new vehicle was called the XM-1109 Up-Armored Heavy HMMWV and was quickly evaluated by the U.S. Army and put into production as the M1109 Heavy Up-Armored Armament Carrier. Examples were sent to Bosnia to serve with U.S. Forces, which were impressed with the vehicle. About 160 vehicles were eventually built before the next up-armored HMMWV was produced: the Expanded Capacity HMMWV (ECH). d the Expanded Capacity Vehicle (ECV) series. |
| Data Sheet Available: |
None Available |
For information, photos and references common to the entire vehicle series, you can go to the WarWheels.net HMMWV Main Index Page.
Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
.JPG) M1109
Up-Armored Armament Carrier Photos |
U.S. Army Transportation Museum |
References Available
Online
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| M1109 Up-Armored HMMWV Armament Carrier Information & Photos | Global-Security.org |
Printed
| Reference | Author |
"Armoured Humvee, The" (June 2022 Issue of
Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) |
Craig Allen |
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"Up-Armoured HMMWV" (November 2012 Issue of
Military Machines International Magazine) |
Carl Schulze |
Hobby Modeling
Kits and Accessories
For a Full List of Model Kits and Accessories related to the HMMWV series, you can check out Scalemates.
Model Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
