M88 Armored Recovery Vehicle Walk Around

The M88 Armored Recovery Vehicle was designed and developed in the late 1950s to handle recovery of the heavier and more massive tanks that of the time. Armored like a tank and incorporating the suspension and drivetrain 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-inch wire rope. The M88’s original gasoline engine served the vehicle well during its years of duty in Vietnam in the 1970s.