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HMMWV developmentIn 1979, the US Army issued a draft specification for the new tactical vehicle which led to the development of the Humvee. The US Army gave contracts to three contende, AM General, Chrysler Defee, and Teledyne Continental, to design and develop 11 prototype HMMWVs, comprising of six weapon carrie and five utility vehicles. Testing was conducted over rocky hills, deep sand, 60in-deep water, desert heat and arctic snow over 965,606km. In 1981, the US Army awarded a contract to AM General to produce additional prototypes of the tactical vehicle for further tests. The development and operational testing were conducted in 1982. In 1983, the US Army awarded a contract to AM General to manufacture 55,000 HMMWVs, of which 39,000 were for the US Army and the remaining vehicles for the US Marine Corps, US Air Force and US Navy.