Military

Introduction # I had taken up an interest in military vehicles a few years back. I’d actually managed to pick up one of my own, a 1994 M998A1 HMMWV, which has proven to be a never-ending project. Most military vehicles have a reputation for being more mechanically driven, having nearly no computers or other electronic controls in them that could stop them in their tracks if there were some kind of EMP attack. This isn’t entirely true, but it is true that at least until very recently, most military vehicles didn’t feature any kind of engine computer. They still had sensors, but these usually directly controlled solenoids or acted as test points for diagnostic purposes. Because of this layout, the military used a different type of diagnostic system: Simplified Test Equipment/Internal Combustion Engine, or STE/ICE-R for short.