Whats the difference in the H1,H2 and H3 versions of hummer?
Only the H1 is a true Hummer in the sense of the military vehicle. The H2 and H3 are basically rebodied full- and midsized, respectively, GM light trucks. What is known as the H1 is a military vehicle that was designed specifically for a US government contract by a company called AM General, which is the government contract branch of American Motors Corporation; from which Chrysler bought the rights to the civilian Jeep in 1987(the other most commonly known product of AM General was the DJ or Dispatcher Jeep, otherwise known as the Postal Jeep). The H1 is the only “Hummer” ever built by AM General, and ALL H1s are built by AM General; even the few sold by GM. After the military HMMWV, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, nicknamed “Humvee” and then “Hummer” by soldiers, had been produced for a couple of years, AM General began equipping a limited number of them for civilian sales, which basically meant adding side impact beams in the doors and a few other required additions to m