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AM General

AM General
Company nameAM General
Company typePrivate LLC
Industryvehicles, automotive, military
Founded1971
Founder(s)American Motors Corporation
HeadquartersSouth Bend, Indiana, United States
Key peopleJames A. Armour, Chairman,
Charles M. Hall, President and CEO,
Paul J. Kern, President and COO
ProductsHMMWV/Hummer H2, M35 and 5-ton trucks
ParentMacAndrews & Forbes Holdings
The Renco Group, Inc.
SubsidiaryGeneral Engine Products
General Transmission Products

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AM General is an American heavy vehicle manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. It is best known for the civilian Hummer and the military Humvee, that is assembled in Mishawaka, Indiana. For a relatively brief period, 1974 – 1979, the company also manufactured transit buses, making more than 5,400.

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1.63 min. | 4.63 user rating		 Senator Barbara Boxer: "Don't Call Me Ma'am" , Call me by my Title- General Michael Walsh
0.28 min. | 3.85 user rating		 When Barbara Boxer rudely interrupts Brigadier General Michael Walsh to request she not be called "Ma'am", Colonel Jessep comes to his aid.
1.17 min. | 4.78 user rating		 new crossword answers 1 opposites 2 general crossword 2 general crossword 3 g.crossword 3 g.crossword 4 what bird am i 4 school 5 g.crossword 6 g.crossword 7 g.crossword 8 g.crossword 9 g.crossword
1.30 min. | 4.36 user rating		 Language of Video Presentation: English The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) is a military 4WD motor vehicle created by AM General, a heavy vehicle manufacturer based in South Bend-Indiana, USA . The vehicle has largely supplanted the roles formerly served by smaller Jeeps such as the M151, M561, and other light trucks. Primarily used by the United States military, it is also used by a number of other countries and organizations and in civilian adaptations (Hummer). The HMMWV was designed primarily for personnel and light cargo transport behind front lines. Like the previous Jeep, the basic HMMWV (M998) has no armor or protection against nuclear, biological, and chemical threats. Nevertheless, losses were relatively low in conventional operations. With the rise of asymmetric warfare and low intensity conflicts, the military recognized a need for a more protected HMMWV and AM General developed the M1113, an armoured HMMWV to withstand small arms fire that had been in limited production since 1996. Its design is superior to the M998 with a larger, more powerful turbocharged engine, air conditioning, increased payload, and a strengthened suspension system. More importantly, it boasts a fully armoured passenger area protected by hardened steel and bullet-resistant glass. There are at least 17 variants of the HMMWV in service with the United States armed forces. HMMWVs serve as cargo/troop carriers, automatic weapons platforms, ambulances (four <b>...</b>
4.57 min. | 4.55 user rating
In thisvideo I give a full in depth tour of a 2000 AM General Hummer H1 Passenger Wagon. I take viewers on a close look through the interior and exterior of this truck while showing details, over viewing of features, and noting unique styling cues to the vehicle itself. I also show the engine and the details of it, start it up and see how it sounds under acceleration. A thorough tour/review of this truck designed to give others a greater overall appreciation of the vehicle.
11.97 min. | 4.85 user rating		 This was on 10-9-1992 at the Commercial Hummer launch. We are in the commercial building at AM General.
2.87 min. | 4.71 user rating		 Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer discuss California Senator Barbara Boxer's insistence that a Brigadier General in the US Military refer to her as "Senator" and not "Ma'am."
1.77 min. | 4.50 user rating		 A short montage of The Dukes of Hazzard and Smokey And The Bandit. Showing the two best cars to ever get chased by cops in the South! The General Lee and the Bandit's Trans Am. Music is "Are You Ready For This." By Jock Jams or somethin like that.
1.38 min. | 4.86 user rating		 A political parody with thanks to Gilbert & Sullivan (to the tune of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General")
3.70 min. | 3.70 user rating

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At Brockton General, they'll tell you what to eat and you'll love it - Globe and Mail Tweet this news
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GM to invest $190 million in Lansing, create 600 new jobs - Michigan Messenger Tweet this news
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