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The Bergetiger was the name the Allied forces gave to a German World War II armored tracked vehicle based on the Tiger. The vehicle was found abandoned on a roadside in Italy with terminal engine problems. The main gun had been removed, and a boom & winch assembly had been fitted to the turret.
In early 2010, an improved Tigr armored vehicle with a 420-horsepower 5.9 litres (360.0 cu in) Cummins ISB and a Chrysler 545RFE automatic transmission was created. This engine/transmission combination was originally designed for a Dodge Ram pickup. Externally, the vehicle featured an additional air intake on the bonnet and enlarged brakes.
For example, the basic 3.8 and 4.2 litre straight-6 engines (the NL38 and HL42) fitted in various half-tracks could be supplied in at least 9 different configurations, although every component was to be found in a single unified parts list. [2] However, as the war progressed, a number of problems hampered the German armaments production effort.
A US Marine Corps M88A2 Hercules in 2014, lifting an M1 Abrams engine with its crane.. An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis modified for use during combat for military vehicle recovery (towing) or repair of battle-damaged, stuck, and/or inoperable armoured fighting vehicles, such as tanks and armoured personnel carriers.
Band brakes were commonly used to control the winding drum on railway inclines that lowered loaded wagons while raising empty ones over a steep slope. [2] [3] A former application was the locking of gear rings in epicyclic gearing. In modern automatic transmissions this task has been largely taken over by multiple-plate clutches or multiple ...
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A Garwood winch of 40,000 lb (18,000 kg) capacity, with 300 ft (91 m) of cable, was mounted behind the cab. In the Model 980 it was intended mainly for hauling damaged tanks aboard the trailers. The Model 981, introduced in 1942, had a winch with 500 ft (150 m) of cable, which could be used from both the front and rear.
LAV fitted with a boom crane, and recovery winch, for use in recovery of vehicles, specifically other LAVs. It is armed with a pintle-mounted M240E1/G machine gun, and carries 1,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition. LAV-C2 (Command & Control) LAV with a raised roof to accommodate several VHF, UHF and HF radios.