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IIRC, that variant never went into production. I think the stress on the back end was too great -- and the exhaust from the rockets meant that the cab had to be hardened and such, and in the end, the crew had to disembark from the truck to fire.
I seem to recall a statistic that said in the first Gulf War, HMMWV's with TOW's killed more Iraqi tanks than the M-1's did ... and obviously at lower cost, higher mobility, and greater ease of insertion.
(I can't believe I just said "ease of insertion"...)
Just buy a 6x6 ex military unit off ebay. I assure you. You CAN get through traffic with that. We drove one through a 6 car road block ! No problem. Of corse you are motovated to move fast with 20 drug lords with automatic weapons firing at you. They could push over a house in hi range. Ask me how I know