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==== Military light utility vehicle ====
{{Main|Military light utility vehicle}}
Military light utility vehicles are the lightest weight class of military vehicles. It refers to light [[4x4]] military vehicles with light or no armour and all-terrain mobility. This type of vehicle originated in the first half of the 20th century when horses and other [[draft animal]]s were replaced with mechanization. Light utility vehicles such as the [[Willys Jeep]] were frequently mounted with .50-calibre machineguns and other small weapons for [[hit-and-run tactics]] in World War II, especially by the [[British Special Air Service]] who used Jeeps to raid [[Axis powers|Axis]] airfields during the [[North Africa campaign]]. After the war, vehicles like the [[Toyota Mega Cruiser]] and [[Humvee]] filled this role. In the 21st century, [[improvised explosive devices]] continue to pose threat to mobile infantry resulting in light utility vehicles being made heavier and with more armour.

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File:1942Jeep.jpg|[[Willys Jeep]] with a [[37 mm gun M3]] and [[M1917 Browning machine gun#M1917A1|M1917A1]] machinegun of the US Army's [[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|3rd Infantry]] in [[Newfoundland]]
File:USMC-04325 (cropped).jpg|American [[Humvee]], the main US light utility vehicle since the 1980s
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