The M88 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility ... beast of a full-tracked armored vehicle that weighs 70 tons, designed to help out every type of main battle tank when they need it.

They went missing during a training exercise while operating an M88A2 Hercules recovery ... ton vehicle aimed to prepare troops for the challenges of retrieving heavy assets, like Abrams tanks ...

December 11, 2023: The United States has sent Ukraine eight M88A2 ARVs (Armored Recovery Vehicles ... of the Americans M1 tank, which weighs nearly 70 tons. The A3 version includes some M1 mechanical ...

The vehicle's main winch enables it "to provide recovery of the 70-ton M1A2 Abrams tank." The M88A2, which itself weighs 70 tons, has a crew of three and room for four passengers. It can hit 26 ...

heavier Abram tanks, effectively bridging the single-vehicle recovery gap. Currently, the operational M88A2 cannot perform single-vehicle recovery operations for the modern Abrams tank.

A U.S. Army M1070 heavy equipment transporter hauls an M88 armored recovery vehicle ... ton KamAZ-65225 can haul a 65-ton load. That’s more than enough to handle a 45-ton T-72, T-80 or T-90 tank.

Officials said Wednesday that Hercules wreckers will be available to recover any tanks that break down. How roads might handle the behemoth 70-ton M88 Hercules recovery vehicle with a downed tank ...

The previous recovery of the Hercules vehicle on Monday was an agonising ordeal, which saw fleets of armoured vehicles clearing the bog and dragging the submerged tank out. The M88A2 Hercules is ...

The soldiers, based in Fort Stewart in Georgia, were riding in the vehicle on a scheduled maintenance mission to recover another US Army vehicle in the training area when they disappeared.