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Transportation costs back woulk be terrible though.

And I've seen many sailors when asked by kids at airshows if they are pilots answer: Yes I fly NC-8's. Gullible...

Believe what you want; my info is from the old demil manuals and several MVM articles.

There is so much misinformation out there about HMMWV's it's amazing. It has nothing to do with Jeeps/parts/flooding the market etc. AMG built a legal civilian HMMWV. The problem is that they had all the safety equipment installed and the military ones didn't. If you read the OLD demil manual...

I think the belief in the temp release to police and fire departments is that: they are TRAINED to drive them.

If you really want to see something interesting--In the 1997 manual which DH linked, there is a blurb where HMMWV's that have been updated to FMSS standards can be petitioned to be sold to the general public. (this statement is gone in the current manual though). That way may be your best bet to...

Maybe they figure the policemen and firemen have been trained how to drive them??:doghead:

There is a newer version out, but the HMMWV is still in it.

Because they still belong to the DOD. The only legally sold ones were in the late 90's from the Marine auctions or pieced together ones.

Goverment Liquidation CAN NOT sell HMMWV's that aren't demilled.

The Aug 18, 1997 Demil manual (DOD 4160 21-M) Page 4-57G lists the vehicles that must be demilled due to public safety and not meeting FMSS standards. Look in (2) on page 4-60 and you'll see the HMMWV is there. There is a current manual which has changed a bit from 1997 but safety is the reason...

It's due to safety. It's in the demil manuals.