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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1294823" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>On this day in 1983, the <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/pentagon" target="_blank">Pentagon</a> awards a production contract worth more than $1 billion to AM General Corporation to develop 55,000 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV). Nicknamed the Humvee and designed to transport troops and cargo, the wide, rugged vehicles entered the spotlight when they were used by the American military during the 1989 invasion of Panama and the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1294823, member: 1246"] On this day in 1983, the [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/pentagon']Pentagon[/URL] awards a production contract worth more than $1 billion to AM General Corporation to develop 55,000 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV). Nicknamed the Humvee and designed to transport troops and cargo, the wide, rugged vehicles entered the spotlight when they were used by the American military during the 1989 invasion of Panama and the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. [/QUOTE]
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