Serving with the Iraqi Army, this M1114
Armament Carrier is providing local security in
March 2007 in the town of Hit during a meeting
between local sheiks and coalition forces.
CORPORAL JM ODETTE /
NATIONAL ARCHIVESthere is no ambulance version of the JLTV.
The cargo/personnel variants of the Humvee
were the most numerous; most of these were
soft-topped. Initially, the basic types were:
M998; M1038 (the same as an M998 but with
a front-mounted winch); and M1042. The M998
and M1038 could be variously fitted with one
or two rows of seats with a cargo bay behind.
If two rows of seats were fitted, obviously the
size of the cargo bay was reduced. Folding
bench seats could be fitted in the cargo bay
to carry additional personnel. The M1037
(M1042 if fitted with a winch) was designated
the S250 Shelter Carrier. An enclosed body
was permanently installed behind the single
row of seats, fitted out internally for electrical
equipment that required protection from the
weather or for such as tools that required
protection from pilferage.
As the Humvee was developed through the
A1, A2 and expanded capacity vehicle stages,
so too did M-series designations change. Some
of these changes are noted in the captions to
the various photographs reproduced here.
As noted in the earlier article on the Humvee
armament carrier, vehicles serving inMembers of the US Army Reserves’ 329th
Chemical Company prepare a stripped-down
M1097A2 cargo/personnel carrier for lifting by a
CH-47 at Fort McCoy Airfield in June 2005. STAFF
SERGEANT BD LEHNHARDT / NATIONAL ARCHIVESMechanics assigned to the US Marine Corps’
Combat Service Support Battalion 18 repair an
M1097A2 cargo/personnel Humvee. The photograph
was taken in March 2003 at Camp Viper, Iraq.
MASTER SERGEANT ED KNIERY / NATIONAL ARCHIVESA sub-variant of the cargo/personnel Humvee is
the S250 Shelter Carrier. The box bodies are used
to accommodate such as electrical equipment
or tools. Here we see in May 2000, M1097A2
Humvees being fitted with bodies suitable for their
intended use as contract maintenance trucks.
T LOPEZ / NATIONAL ARCHIVESM998 cargo/personnel Humvees assigned to the
US Army’s 7th Light Infantry Division are seen
here on May 12, 1989, awaiting deployment to
Panama. A1C SR GIBSON / NATIONAL ARCHIVESHumvees are now
being cast and
offered for sale to
the public... and
prices are very
reasonable’
Members of 3/4 Marines erect a high-frequency antenna on their M1097A2 cargo/personnel Humvee prior to a
patrol in the vicinity of Hadithah, Iraq, following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s government in 2003.
KC GUIHUIS / NATIONAL ARCHIVES