Known by its military designation as the High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle, the HMMWV is a lightweight ... wire command-guided (TOW) anti-tank missile launchers. It must perform in ...

They were used on bases to haul equipment mostly, but they were also outfitted with armaments, like the TOW missile launcher ... late in the 1980s when the HMMWV (Humvee) was introduced.