HMMWV SAM

"Sergeant, are you sure this is safe??!"

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (or more commonly, the "Humvee") is an all-terrain American light truck used by both militaries and civilians for all variety of off-roading needs. Much like the venerable Jeep that it replaced, the Humvee is famed for being able to traverse any environment with relative ease. While an excellent vehicle for scouting and rear line transportation, it is ill-suited for direct combat, possessing little in the way of armor.

Basically this is a Humvee that traded the pintle-mounted .50 cal, for a guy with a FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile launcher to bring down some low-flying aircraft like helicopters. Overall, this is a poor man's Avenger ADS, where the back compartment of the Humvee is taken up by a dedicated turret housing 4-8 Stinger missiles, which can be launched in quick succession if needed.

In Team Yankee

The Stats

While most would look at this unit and scoff, the Humvee SAM platoon has a somewhat niche role: budget anti-air. For a measly 2-4 points, you get 4-8 shots with 4+ firepower. This would be avoided in most games, but at 25 points and below, these are actually really good units! For a handful of points, you get an affordable unit that can actually kill air units when needed, | rather than making loud explody boom-boom noises for no real reason.

IRL

A Marine Firing a Stinger on Exercise

In reality soldiers would dismount their vehicle before using their missile, but you could fire it out the top if needed, trading accuracy and comfort for speed in manuever warfare. That or use the Avenger Air Defense System! I mean its 1985 and the Avenger as a private venture was finishing its prototype testing in May of 1984 after 10 months of testing. Seriously that went better than the M247 Sergeant York debacle.