The Osprey HMMWV book indicates that the USMC HMMWVs, which included the M1044, were procured with "supplemental armor":
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Originally Posted by Osprey
... which included polycarbonate windows and steel-reinforced doors. The supplemental armor was not able to withstand close-quarter fire, but was intended to protect the crew from shrapnel and long-range small-arms fire and could stop fragments equivalent to a 44-grain fragment traveling at 2,132 ft/sec (650 m/s).
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ETA: Page 23 of that same book has a photo of an M1045A1 (USMC TOW carrier) with Marines hanging their arms out the windows. Presumably, then, the M1044's windows roll down too.
- C.