M88 Armored Recovery Vehicle Walk Around (Soft Cover)

Product Code: SS5716

Description
By David Doyle.
The M88 Armored Recovery Vehicle was designed and developed in
the late 1950s to handle recovery of the heavier and more massive
tanks that were appearing at the time. Armored like a tank and
incorporating the suspension and drive train of the M48/M60
tanks, the M88 ARV is equipped with a massive winch and a
hydraulically raised A-frame boom with 400 feet of 5/8" wire
rope. The M88's original gasoline motor served the vehicle well
during its years of duty in Vietnam. In the 1970s