What is the deal with "armored Humvee"? [View All]

When I was in the service which is ancient history we didn't have hummers. We had jeeps. None of them were ever armored. We had three quarter tons, we had half tons, we had one tons, and duece and a half and none were armored. Even our Huey helicopters were not armored though some had a sliding plate at the pilot's door. The Humvee was designed as a replacement vehicle for the Jeep plus able to carry more personnel. If they need armor they ride in Armored Personnel Carriers. APCs which by the way are only armored with compressed aluminum. I guess the whole deal when I was in was to travel light and fast and all of our vehicles were able to be airlifted into battle on a moments notice. The only tank I ever saw in Combat was an enemy tank at Khe Sahn. Different war and different times but still am confused by the desire to armor the Humvee. They were not designed for it and could easily fail at the wrong time because of overweight problems. Just a thought and my $.02 worth.