Saw pic of bunch of capture Hummers. I wonder how many miles average will ever be put

[brewens]

on those? I doubt they captured enough gas or spare parts to keep them running for any time at all. You'll still see those guy running around in the little pickups after a few months I bet.

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. Do they even know how to DRIVE the damn things?

I'm picturing them piled up all over. My late son was a military mechanic and had nothing but dirty words for them.

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2. Pretty sure they drive like any other stick shift.

But that is a thought. How many people nowadays can drive a stick?

[brewens]

3. I'd like to be invisible on a hill with a case of beer watching them try driving them.

For a time I lived in an apartment complex overlooking the worst hill in town for snow. We used to sit on the deck, drink beer and watch. It was a laugh riot! But we also used to run down and help if someone was really stuck.

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5. On that kind of hill it doesn't much matter if it's a stick...

or automatic. A four-wheel drive might fare better though.

[sarisataka]

7. Humvees have automatic transmission

I believe the US has removed all manual transmission vehicles from inventory

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8. Not yet. Stick shifts are useful in off-road conditions...

as in military vehicles as the driver can get better traction in the low gears.

https://www.carfax.com/blog/manual-transmission-cars

[sarisataka]

9. My very first MOS was 3531

Motor vehicle operator. When I started in the late 80s there were manual transmission 5 tons and some duce and a half still around. By the time I retired ten years ago I would estimate the number of manual transmission vehicles was under 5%.

[multigraincracker]

10. I think Ford F450s and

larger. Perhaps mustang. I love my 2012 Focus stick.

[jmowreader]

12. They have automatic transmissions

If the Afghans can figure out enough English to master the off-on-start switch and THIS wonderful gadget...



Believe it or not, that's the standard headlight switch on a military vehicle. You notice there are three levers on this contraption. The top one is for the exterior lights. The center position is "all lights off" which means no brake lights or turn signals. Then there is "stop light" which means your turn signals, four-way flashers, brake lights and backup lights work. "Service Drive" means headlights are on too. The "Unlock" lever is used when you're turning the headlights on; if you don't pull it up you can't get the switch past "stop light." To the left are your blackout lights for moving under tactical conditions. You get about as much light out of your blackout lights as you would by taping a two-AA-cell flashlight to your brush guard. And the switch on the bottom left turns on the dashboard lights.

I'm more worried about innocent bystanders than I am the drivers. Humvees are about two feet wider than a regular vehicle like the Toyota Hi-Ace pickups they've been driving. If they put the thing on the road so the sight picture out the windshield looks like it does in a Hi-Ace, they'll hit everything they come across.

War story follows: a few weeks after getting to Fort Drum, I got my Humvee license. And about a week after that, I had to go to the field so I got to practice driving this monster. Two weeks after that, we had a Mandatory Driver Training Session with the company master driver. He asked me "how do you judge where the left side of your vehicle is on a paved road?" I pointed at the left side of the brush guard. "I draw an imaginary line between my head, that corner of the brush guard, and the yellow line on the highway." The Master Driver told me to pull over immediately. "Did I do something wrong?" "No! I want to try that!" Next thing you know, it was the division standard...and it almost completely eliminated people sideswiping parked cars.

[lpbk2713]

4. I don't know but ...

I wonder if they are equipped with transponders. That would
make it real easy for drones to locate them and pick them off.

[sarisataka]

6. Funny thing,

Even less developed countries are familiar with 20th century transportation and move adults can drive vehicles.

Also a higher percentage of people are used to doing their own maintenance than in the US. Parts can be obtained through cannibalizing the worst vehicles.

[fescuerescue]

11. They will probably run the hell out of them.

They run on diesel, which menans they will run on just about anything except gas.

Parts aren't restricted. There are millions of these things all around the world.

Heck, the military probably has entire junkjards full of Hummer parts in Afghnaistan.

[former9thward]

13. The good equipment will wind up in Russian or Chinese hands.

And they know how to use them and have all the spare parts needed.

[cinematicdiversions]

14. No reason they wouldn't be able to.

Iran still flies the fighter aircraft we left in '79. Cubans still drive the old American cars.