Alias: humvee -> HMMWV
Reason: formal abbreviation

Alias: High_Mobility_Multipurpose_Wheeled_Vehicle -> HMMWV
Reason: abbreviation

For future reference, you should use the alias or implication tools. They ensure that your topic (probably) won't get lost and they provide a template.

As for the alias itself, I don't know whether it should be hmmwv or humvee.

Durandal said:
As for the alias itself, I don't know whether it should be hmmwv or humvee.

I'd almost be for using high_mobility_multipurpose_wheeled_vehicle just because it's obnoxiously long and formal.

parasprite said:
I'd almost be for using high_mobility_multipurpose_wheeled_vehicle just because it's obnoxiously long and formal.

I mean, I'm familiar with the things and I had to do a double-take when I read that. It's not the commonly-used term at all. Normally I'd be against the use of an acronym or nickname, but in this particular case, I feel differently.

Durandal said:
I mean, I'm familiar with the things and I had to do a double-take when I read that. It's not the commonly-used term at all. Normally I'd be against the use of an acronym or nickname, but in this particular case, I feel differently.

I've only heard of the term humvee, and I assumed it was just a nickname for a hummer. I had to google it to find out I was wrong. :/

Durandal said:
They're big, slow, gas guzzlers, and they don't even have remote-controlled heavy machine guns and missile launchers!

As they have diesel engines, they are not 'gas guzzlers', yet I cede your point; although they have been softened up considerably compared to their mil-spec brethren, they still weigh in roughly around space shuttle tonnage.

HMMWV as calling them a Hummer on this site may lead to some confused searchers ...

I'm for humvee. I wouldn't recognize what HMMWV tag on an image meant even after having seen this forum thread.

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Isn't that same as hummer? No?

Sigh. I'd better leave tagging vehicles to others.

Nobody's gonna remember ECH EM EM DOUBLEYOU VEE, so swap it around.

I propose that_one_vehicle_that_starts_with_an_h_that_you_can_put_different_weapons_on

Yeah, flip this lol.

95% of people would search hummer out of those two

JoeX said:
I propose that_one_vehicle_that_starts_with_an_h_that_you_can_put_different_weapons_on

That was already discussed in forum #​128203 and they said there were too many vehicles that start with an h that it could be easily confused with, since technically you can put a weapon on any of them.

Genjar said:
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Isn't that same as hummer? No?

CamKitty said:
95% of people would search hummer out of those two

Well... there are a few slight differences between the two

Durandal said:
few slight differences]
That's not a Hummer. This is a Hummer!