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The M88 Recovery VehicleThe M88 Recovery Vehicle
T
he M88 Recovery Vehicle
is one of the largest
armoured recovery vehicles
(ARV) currently in use by
United States Armed Forces. There are
currently three variants, the M88, M88A1
and M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment
Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction
System). The M88 series has seen action most
noticeably in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War,
the Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan,
and to a lesser extent during the Kosovo War,
where they were deployed to help recover
heavy armoured vehicles of the Allied groundMaintenance Manual