The Hummer H1 is a four-wheel-drive utility vehicle based on the M998 Humvee, which was created by AM General. The vehicle was produced from 1992 through 2006, and was the first of what became the Hummer line. Originally designed strictly for military use, the off-road vehicle was released to the civilian market due to market demand. It was initially known as the "Hummer"; however, under a 1999 deal, GM bought marketing rights to the Hummer name and called the vehicle the Hummer H1. At the time, GM began marketing the Hummer H2 that was also assembled by AM General on a modified GMC 2500HD chassis. AM General continued to build the H1 and Humvee in its Mishawaka, Indiana facility. GM stopped marketing the H1 in 2006 model year, but AM General continued production of the military Humvee versions. The Hummer H1 is an off-road vehicle used by InGen Hunters to capture dinosaurs in Isla Sorna.
Two forms of the H1 are seen on screen in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Both are modified, although one moreso than the other. The less-extensively modified variant (pictured right) had only
Hummer H1 with passenger area installed on the back.
been modified with the back end of it removed and a large platform with guard railing installed in its place. From here the InGen hunters are capable of firing tranquilizers in a full 360 degree area from their elevated position.
Hummer H1 Catcher with a containment unit behind.
The second variant of H1 Hummer seen is far more heavily modified. As seen in the images to the left, this variation, labeled as the "Snagger" by Roland Tembo, hosts an array of add-ons made to it. A fold-
out seat has been added behind the drivers-side and passenger-side doors. Here a Hunter with a tranq-rifle has the capability to tranquilize an animal that hasn't already been done so by the time the Snagger nears it. Next, the back-end of the Snagger features a the same platform as it's lesser modified version. However, this variation of the cage also feature a harpoon-function which allows for a hunter to fire a harpoon gun delivering a shallow-sink dart into an animal's skin, which sticks long enough to bring the animal close enough to the front of the vehicle for the next, and most obvious, feature to be utilized. Extending over the front of the vehicle is a gigantic prong-shaped mechanism. This prong holds a netting of chains that falls around its prey, holding it in place as a number of air bags inflate to keep the captive snugly held still until hunters can arrive on foot to use veterinary lassos to trap and sedate the animal. We see the Snagger used in the film on a Pachycephalosaurus.
Concept Art for the "Snagger" Hummer H1
Concept Art of the "Snagger" from above
"Snagger" mechanism Schematic
Jurassic Park III[]
A Hummer is seen at the airfield where Udesky, Nash and Cooper are testing out their weapons in preparation for the mission. It is apparently their vehicle.
stepped on the vehicle in Stage 2. Another Hummer is chased down by Pachycephalosaurus later in the same stage.
Though it wasn't featured in Jurassic Park: Trespasser, a destroyed Hummer H1 appeared in Concept Art for Trespasser, seen in the jungle of Isla Sorna. Other InGen Hunter vehicles made it into the game.
Toy lines[]
Matchbox's The Lost World Humvee; the vehicle itself never appeared in the film. Apparently both the Hummer and the Humvee were confused.
It was confused/mistaken to be a Humvee in the toylines, both by Kenner and Matchbox; possibly because the Hummer was derived from the Humvee. A Hummer appears in The Lost World Electric Racing Set as one of the cars available for the game.
