Engineering:JCB HMEE

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HMEE, prepared for shipping

The JCB HMEE (High Mobility Engineer Excavator) is a military engineering vehicle made by JCB.[1]

Design

The HMEE is an armoured backhoe loader designed for high speeds in order to self-deploy with military convoys. Most backhoes are limited to much lower speeds.[2] It is also capable of towing heavy loads and has good off-road mobility. It is based on technology from the JCB Fastrac tractors.[3]

The HMEE is built at JCB's plant in Pooler, Georgia, integrating armour made by American Defense Systems (ASDI).[4]

Specifications

Engine: Cummins QSB 6.7
Weight: 16.18 tonnes (35,700 lb) armoured, 13.5 tonnes (30,000 lb) unarmoured
Speed: Up to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h)

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Users

  • Australia Australian Army: 8 vehicles[6]
  • Belgium Belgian Army: ~4 vehicles[7]
  • United Kingdom British Army: 17 vehicles[8]
  • Denmark Danish Army: 6 vehicles
  • Republic of Ireland Irish Defence Forces : 1 vehicle[9]
  • Israel Israel Defense Forces[10][11]
  • New Zealand New Zealand Army: 6 vehicles[12]
  • Sweden Swedish Army: 22 vehicles[13]
  • United States US Army: 800 vehicles[14]

References

  1. ↑ "IDEX Show Scout » IDEX 2007: Video highlight – JCB HMEE backhoe-loader". http://defensenews.com/blogs/idex/2009/02/18/highlights-from-2007/. Retrieved 2011-01-05. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  2. ↑ "JCB Defence". http://www.jcb.com/products/defence/Resources/HighMobilityBrochure.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-05. 
  3. ↑ "BATTLESPACE - In this issue". http://www.battle-technology.com/this_issue04i.html. Retrieved 2011-01-05. 
  4. ↑ "2010 Army Weapon Systems : High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE)". United States Army. p. 133. https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2010/132.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "The World's fastest JCB on Biglorryblog..say hello to the HMEE high-mobility, high-speed, armoured backhoe loader! - Biglorryblog". http://www.commercialmotor.com/big-lorry-blog/the-worlds-fastest-jcb-on-bigl. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  6. ↑ "High Mobility Engineer Excavators". https://www.army.gov.au/our-future/modernisation-projects/project-ningaui/high-mobility-engineer-excavators. Retrieved 2019-02-15. 
  7. ↑ "ACEV, the new kid on the block". https://beldefnews.mil.be/acev-the-new-kid-on-the-block/. 
  8. ↑ WWL ships JCB military excavators to the UK
  9. ↑ "Internal Communications Digest". 16 October 2019. https://www.military.ie/en/member's-area/members-area-files/icd_oct_19.pdf. Retrieved 26 March 2020. 
  10. ↑ BaMachane (Hebrew), 2010.
  11. ↑ המחפרון החדש "עמי" ישתלב בשנה הקרובה בצה"ל , Israel Defense Forces official website, 2011.
  12. ↑ "JCB HMEE’s Are The Newest Recruits Of The Royal New Zealand Army « JCB – The Dirt". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. https://archive.today/20120907033404/http://www.jcbdirt.com/2010/01/jcb-hmee%E2%80%99s-are-the-newest-recruits-of-the-royal-new-zealand-army/. Retrieved 2011-01-05. 
  13. ↑ "Försvarsmakten satsar stort på nytt fältarbetsfordon". http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Forband/Gota-ingenjorregemente-Ing-2/Nyheter/Forsvarsmakten-satsar-stort-pa-nytt-faltarbetsfordon/. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
  14. ↑ "JCB High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE)". Construction Equipment Blog. http://www.constructionequip.net/2008/01/07/jcb-high-mobility-engineer-excavator-hmee/. 

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