Humvee

However, the Taliban have been able to utilise more straightforward equipment, like Humvees and small arms, in their operations.

As the world's most powerful military, it has been able to send hundreds of surplus Humvees and armoured vehicles - numbers that smaller European armies could never match.

A 40-year-old man suspected of stealing a cache of military equipment — including three Humvees — in a late-night break-in at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin has been arrested, police said this week.

In one particularly surreal scene, a Guard Humvee sat framed by tall palm trees outside the stately entrance to the Bel-Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades.

They come alone or in pairs, lining up behind the clutch of police cruisers and a National Guard Humvee, pleading to get back to homes inside the Palisades wildfire perimeter.