 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MMWVs yakatanga kuona kurwa muOperation Just Cause, kurwiswa kwePanama neU.S. muna 1989. HMMWV yakagadzirirwa zvikurukuru kutakura vanhu uye zvinhu zviduku kumashure kwemitsetse yokutanga, kwete semotokari yokurwisa yomutsetse wokutanga. Kufanana nejeep yapfuura, HMMWV yomuzvarirwo haina nhumbi dzokurwa nadzo kana kuti dziviriro pakutyisidzirwa nemakemikoro, utachiona, mwaranzi, kana kuti zvombo zvenyukireya. Kunyange zvakadaro, kurasikirwa kwaiva kwakaderera zvikuru mumibato yakajairika, yakadai seHondo yeGulf. Motokari nevashandi vakakuvadzwa zvikuru uye vakarasikirwa munguva yeHondo yeMogadishu muna 1993 nekuda kwechimiro chekurwisana mumaguta. Zvisinei, kupukunyuka kwechassis kwakabvumira vazhinji vevashandi ivavo kuti vadzokere kune kuchengeteka, kunyange zvazvo HMMWV isina kumbobvira yakagadzirirwa kupa kudzivirirwa kune moto mukuru wezvombo zviduku, kunyanya pfuti dzemauto nemaroketi. Nokumuka kwehondo dzisina kuenzana uye kurwisana kwakaderera, HMMWV yakamanikidzwa kupinda mubasa mumabasa ehondo emumaguta ayo yakanga isiri iyo pakutanga. 