7513 U.S. Army HMMWVs in Iraq
Carl Schulze & Ralph Zwilling
This book should be seen as a sequel to the Concord Mini Color
Series title 7510, "HMMWV - Workhorse of the U.S. Army". It is
aimed at giving the HMMWV enthusiast an overview of the HMMWVs used
by the U.S. Army in Iraq during Operation "Iraqi Freedom".
Since the first units gathered in the Gulf region in late 2002,
right through until the fighting in Najaf in August 2004, there was
virtually not a single U.S. Army unit which did not use an HMMWV in
some form or other. The units of these foregoing divisions used
HMMWVs for troop transport, as weapon carriers, platforms for
surveillance and radio equipment, as command and control vehicles,
as ambulances, liaison vehicles and as patrol vehicles with armor
protection.
Currently it is estimated that the 136,000 U.S. troops in Iraq
operate some 12,000 HMMWVs. These 12,000 HMMWVs include vehicles
from the basic, A1 and A2 series. Also deployed in Iraq are HMMWV
Expanded Capacity Vehicle models and Up-armored models. Many HMMWVs
are field modified with Armor Survivability Kits and improvised
armor protection.
Carl Schulze and Ralph Zwilling traveled to Iraq to bring us this
photo report of the many different variants of HMMWVs currently
operating in Iraq. There are many unique versions featured - ASK,
Gun Truck, HHV, Special Forces GMV, LRAS and so on. Indeed an
encyclopedia of HMMWVs in Iraq.
Format 21 x 29,7 cm, Paperback, 48 Seiten, 168 Farbfotos, 4
Farbtafeln, Maßtafeln 1:35, englischer Text, Best.-Nr. Con7513