cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/145697
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/755907901353344482
Remember when the Hummer H1 was the biggest, most obnoxious passenger vehicle on the road?
This one is parked between two new Blazers, which are as wide and have distinctly taller hoods.
You might be right about the Chevys not being Blazers.
I don’t know why the police would have a kit Hummer. The interior looked like a real HUMVEE, with tiny seats, a wide partition down the center, and a spartan dash and instrument cluster. It even has a big, circular hatch in the roof.
The police have a real humvee because the army gave it to them. My city’s police has an APC and mrap.
Some people have remarked that it might not be a real one. It looked legit in person, but now I’m not so sure.
I could be wrong, but the windshields have that delamination haze that’s common on older bullet proof glass/lexan laminates. That’s what makes me think it’s actually a humvee.
Just from image searching “hummer h1” and “humvee,” this looks like a humvee to me. The angle of the back seems to be more squared on hummers vs humvees, and the strip to separate the windshields seems different too, as do the mirrors.
And it would be consistent with the militarization of police as you noted. Why buy an inferior hummer when you can get the real deal for free or cheap from the military? The hummer is a luxury vehicle, the humvee is a workhorse, and if real mil not natl guard they’re bulletproof. Only thing they’re missing is a key system lol, just flip the switch (halfway, wait for the light, finish flipping,) and go!
Okay, this vehicle one is definitely not an H1. I thought there was a question as to whether it’s even a HUMVEE.