Armoured recovery vehicle
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An armoured recovery vehicle is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier chassis modified for use during combat for military vehicle recovery or repair of battle-damaged, stuck, and/or
A US Marine Corps M88A2 Hercules in 2014, lifting an M1 Abrams engine with its crane.
Chinese Labour Corps men and British soldiers removing parts from a Mark IV tank at the Central Stores of the Tank Corps, Teneur, spring 1918.
British Conqueror armoured recovery vehicle 2
An ARV crane can also be used to lift concrete fortifications and other battlefield engineering tasks.
Leopard 2
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The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank. Developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s, the tank entered service in 1979 and replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the
Armoured recovery vehicle
…Bison MRV(-present) Leopard 2 ARV (-present) VT-34 ARV, based on T-34 chassis…
A German Leopard 2A7V
A Leopard 2 PT15 with 105 mm smoothbore gun
A Leopard 2 prototype (1983)
The Leopard 2 T14 mod. with the modified turret housing composite armour