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The original Medium Recovery Vehicle M88 in a standard Olive Drab Livery. The standard M88 served with the US military from the late-1960s, to the late-1980s. M88A1 with A-frame boom raised in lifting position and hoisting an engine unit. The dozer blade is also lowered to provide support.

The M88 is an armored, full track-laying vehicle, that performs hoisting, winching, and towing operations in the rescue and recovery of combat vehicles. It also supports medium and light tank units (M88, M88A1) or main battle tanks (M88A2) to effect battle field recovery, and is equipped to assist in repairs of supported vehicles under typical ...

Under the $318m contract, BAE Systems will upgrade the M88 recovery vehicles to the M88A3 configuration. The upgrade will enable single-vehicle recovery of the latest version of the Abrams tank and remove the need for two vehicles to handle the heavier weights of the tanks.

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.