The M88 recovery vehicle is one of the largest armored recovery vehicles (ARV) in use by United States Armed Forces. There are three variants, the M88, the M88A1, and the M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System).

Several prototypes have been built, but it never fielded in large number in the IDF. The current ARV in IDF use is the American-made M88 Recovery Vehicle, which is accompanied and assisted by an IDF Caterpillar D9 armoured bulldozer.

2023年12月2日 · After many online searches I haven’t been able to find much information about the M88 or M88a1 ARV in Israeli service. I’m hopeful that some of the many member IDF enthusiasts can share some of their knowledge. To be honest, I have a couple of AEF Designs M88 accessories that have accumulated dust for a very long time.

Armored Recovery Vehicle, In service from 1961 - present. The M88 Recovery Vehicle is considered a large all weather armored recovery vehicle. There are three versions of the M88: the M88, M88A1 and M88A2 Hercules.

The M88 is an early Cold War era armored recovery vehicle of US origin. It was developed to replace the M74 based on the Sherman chassis in US military service. The M88 served in support of the M60 Patton series of main battle tanks, with which it shares the chassis and many automotive components.

2023年11月15日 · Manufacturer: IDF Ordnance; Weight: 66.1 tons; Top speed: 37 mph; Armament: 12.7mm Browning M2 heavy machine gun, 40mm Mk19 automatic grenade launcher, 7.62mm machine gun, 60mm mortar, smoke ...

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2023年3月16日 · Mechanics, a new brake modulation valve is available for the M88A2 recovery vehicle. The new valve offers much better “pedal feel” than the old valve. This improves braking control sensitivity at...

2009年3月21日 · Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today. Hello everyone. This is my first post at this site and i choose to show you one of my works. I hope it's not to bad. Nice work mate, the slat armour looks cool. I was following your build on Planet Armor- it looks great, and what an interesting subject.

2020年12月21日 · The M88 Hercules series Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) was introduced during the early 1960s and has since run through three major variant offerings - M88, M88A1 and M88A2. The Hercules was designed to recover heavy-class military vehicles such as the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank while offering its own operating crew protection under fire.