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In response to the information about the T-54A tank the US had to develop new M60 tank (production started in 1959) heavier than 46 metric tons, which M74 armored recovery vehicle was unable to retrieve. The design of a new ARV vehicle was based on the chassis and parts of the automotive component of the M48 Patton and M60 tanks. The original ...
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.
The M8 armored gun system (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR) of the U.S. Army respectively.
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A fitter and repair vehicle equipped with a crane. This vehicle was not taken into U.S. Army service. M806. Repair and recovery vehicle equipped with an internal winch and two earth anchors mounted on the rear hull. M901 ITV (improved TOW vehicle) Equipped with a launcher armed with two TOW missiles. M113 "MBT" (NTC)
An armored crew from the 82nd Airborne Division, driving an M551A1 Sheridan light tank performing the opposing force role, takes time out at a nearby trail during their rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center M551 Sheridan at the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), in 2023
The other variant was to have roll-on, roll-off capability from the C-130, C-141, C-17 and C-5. This was to weigh no more than 44,000 lb (19,958 kg) for a tracked vehicle, or 49,500 lb (22,453 kg) for a wheeled submission. [14] The main gun was to be the 105mm XM35. [14] A Stingray light tank of the Royal Thai Army in 2019 GDLS Expeditionary Tank
The M2 light tank, officially Light Tank, M2, was an American light tank of the interwar period which saw limited service during World War II. The most common model, the M2A4, was equipped with one 37 mm (1.5 in) M5 gun and five .30 cal M1919 Browning machine guns .