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Only way a hmmwv is getting 30mpg is maybe idling on the trailer as it is being towed down the highway. Some folks don't have a clue. The increase in size basically negates the weight factor. More power needed to turn em over and to keep em at a speed to maintain is less mpg. Case in point...
Pfft. The HMMWV folks rulers are not the same as yours. They want to say they have 40s on their truck not 39.5s ha!
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It is only the MTR. the thread that carnac started he thought it was for something else. It is ALL MTR's dated older than 5yrs. However most bases are only putting new stocks on.
That is just them covering their butts. As of late though any MTR that has been blown out the military has been disposing of the wheel with the tire still mounted to it. They were told not to reuse them after a blowout
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The military ordered some million or so pounds of them when they had the armored MRAPs blowing tires cause they couldn't handle the weight, then they realized the interco tires wouldn't do it either after they bought em all and so they burned a big storage area full of brand new ones just...