New honeycomb tire is 'bulletproof'

The Humvee was never designed to carry the weight of any armor to protect troops. Fortunately, industry has been working on improvements to make them tougher. Simply replacing all the Hummers is cost prohibitive, and they're very useful vehicles when not under attack.
I wonder how well these tires resist chemicals and fire, but the military needs an SUV in this role, not a tank.

New honeycomb tire is 'bulletproof' Military Tech - CNET News:
"The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Wausau, Wis., company have come up with a 37-inch, bullet and bomb-proof Humvee tire based on a polymeric web so cool looking there's no need for hub caps.

Resilient Technologies and Wisconsin-Madison's Polymer Engineering Center are creating a 'non-pneumatic tire' (no air required) that will support the weight of add-on armor, survive an IED attack, and still make a 50 mph getaway. It's basically a round honeycomb wrapped with a thick, black tread.

The military wants an alternative to the current Humvee 'run flat' tires, which despite the name, still need a minimal amount of air pressure to roll and can leave troops stranded after being shot or blown out."

Note the comments after the article - several readers were concerned with spaces in the honeycomb loading up with mud and throwing the tire off-balance. I'm sure this was planned for, or revealed in testing, and that the production tires will be skinned with a sidewall making them look like ordinary tires.