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IDEX 2017: Hawkeye and new truck debut

13th February 2017 - 13:00 GMT | by Tim Fish in London

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AM General is no stranger to the Middle East market with thousands of its HMMWV vehicles in the inventories of many armies in the region.

But this time it is offering a couple of new vehicles. The first is the Hawkeye Howitzer variant of the HMMWV and the second is a Multi-purpose Protected Truck.

Hawkeye is a HMMWV which has a Mandus 105mm gun installed on the back. It will be seen for the first time outside the US, where it was unveiled at AUSA in October 2016.

Hawkeye will be an attractive option for a lot of those Middle

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