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An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to repair battle-damaged or broken-down armoured vehicles during combat, or to tow them off the battlefield for more extensive repairs. Image File history File linksMetadata Conqueror_ARV2_(FV222)_Tank. ...
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The FV214 Conqueror was a British Main Battle Tank of the post-war era, sometimes classified as a heavy tank. ...
An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons. ...
ARVs are normally built on the chassis of a main battle tank (MBT), but some are also constructed on the basis of other armoured fighting vehicles, mostly armoured personnel carriers (APCs). ARVs are usually built on the basis of a vehicle in the same class as they are supposed to recover—thus, a tank-based ARV is used to recover tanks, while an APC-based one recovers APCs, but does not have the power to tow a much heavier tank. A chassis (plural: chassis) consists of a framework which supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animals skeleton; for example in the construction of an automobile or of a firearm. ...
The U.S. M1A1 Abrams tank is a modern main battle tank. ...
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The M113, one of the most common tracked APCs, on duty during the Vietnam War. ...
Development History
The first true ARVs were introduced in World War II, often by converting obsolete or damaged tanks, usually by removing the turret and installing a heavy-duty winch to free stuck vehicles, plus a variety of vehicle repair tools. Some were also purpose-built in factories, using an existing tank chassis with a hull superstructure to accommodate repair and recovery equipment. Many of the latter type of ARV had an A-frame or crane to allow the vehicle's crew to perform heavy lifting tasks such as removing the engine from a disabled tank. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...
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Modern sailing boat winch A winch is a machine that is used to wind up a rope. ...
This page discusses common devices known as tools, for other meanings see Tool (disambiguation) Modern hammer A tool is, among other things, a device that provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task. ...
A factory (previously manufactory) is a large industrial building where goods or products are manufactured. ...
An A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight, economical manner. ...
A tower crane with a pivoted main boom Cranes on the Sheksna River, Cherepovets, Russia A worker telecommanding a crane from the ground A crane is a tower or derrick equipped with cables and pulleys that is used to lift and lower materials. ...
After World War II, most countries' MBT models also had corresponding ARV variants. Many ARVs are also equipped with a bulldozer blade that can be used as an anchor when winching or as a stabiliser when lifting, a pump to transfer fuel to another vehicle, and more. Some can even carry a spare engine for field replacement, such the German Leopard 1 ARV. A bulldozer is a powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. ...
A ships or boats anchor is used to attach the vessel to the bottom at a specific point. ...
Fuel is a material with one type of energy which can be transformed into another usable energy. ...
An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ...
The Leopard is the primary post-WWII German tank design, a design that has been in use as the primary main battle tank for most European countries in various versions since the early 1960s. ...
Some combat engineering vehicles (CEVs) are based on ARVs. The EBG combat engineering vehicle, based on the AMX 30 tank, is used by the engineers of the French Army for a variety of missions. ...
United States
 M32 ARV (HVSS variant) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel. 2005. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (794x972, 127 KB) Summary Description: M32 ARV (HVSS variant) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (794x972, 127 KB) Summary Description: M32 ARV (HVSS variant) in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel. ...
M32 (Sherman Chassis) - M32 - officially, Tank Recovery Vehicle M32, or TRV, based on the Sherman tank's M4 chassis with turret replaced by fixed superstructure, 60.000 lb winch and an 18 feet long pivoting A-frame jib installed. An 81mm Mortar was also added into the hull, primarily for screening purposes.
- M32B1 - M32s converted from M4A1s (some converted to M34 artillery prime movers).
- M32A1B1 - M32B1's with HVSS, later removing the 81mm Mortar and incoporating crane improvements.
- M32B2 - M32's converted from M4A2's.
- M32B3 - M32's converted from M4A3's.
- M32A1B3 - M32B3's brought to the same standard as the M32A1B1.
- M32B4 - M32's converted from M4A4's.
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Komsomolets tractor Artillery tractor is a kind of tractor, a vehicle used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights. ...
M74 (Sherman Chassis) - M74 Tank Recovery Vehicle - Upgrade of the M32 to provide the same capability with regards to heavier post-war tanks, converted from M4A3 HVSS tanks. In appearance the M74 is very similar to the M32, fitted with an A-Frame crane, a main towing winch, an auxiliary winch, and a manual utility winch. The M74 also has a front mounted spade that can be used as a support or as a dozer blade. Among multiple foreign users, the M74 was the first TRV of the West German Bundeswehr with 300 used 1956-1960.
- M74B1 - Same as the M74, but converted from M32B3s.
M88 Hercules
 M88 Hercules ARV being used to pull an M1 tank's engine. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1728x1152, 1577 KB) CAMP COYOTE. Kuwait - Marines from 1st Tank Battalion load an M1A1 Abrams tank engine back into the tank at Camp Coyote Feb. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1728x1152, 1577 KB) CAMP COYOTE. Kuwait - Marines from 1st Tank Battalion load an M1A1 Abrams tank engine back into the tank at Camp Coyote Feb. ...
Britain
Sherman ARV - Sherman III ARV I - Amoured Recovery Vehicle conversion of Sherman III (M4A2), similarly Sherman V ARV I and ARV II, but the Sherman II ARV III was a M32B1 TRV (see US ARV).
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BARV (Multiple Chassis) - The BARV is a British military support vehicle, the name coming from 'Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle,' built on the M4A2 Sherman, M3A5 Grant, Centurion, and Leopard 1A5 tanks.
The BARV is a British military support vehicle, the name coming from Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle. // Sherman BARV Sherman BARV. Centurion BARV at the Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel The original BARV was a Sherman M4A2 tank which had been waterproofed and had the turret replaced by a tall armoured...
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The M3 Medium Tank was an American tank used during World War II. In Britain the tank was called Lee and its modified version, with a new turret, was called Grant. As a rush job intended to be brought from design to production in a short period, the M3 was...
The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best British tank designs of all time. ...
Soviet Union
 In WWII, some damaged Soviet T-34 tanks were rebuilt as ARVs by plating over the turret ring. - BTS-2 (T-54 Chassis)
- BTS-4A (T-54 Chassis)
- BREM-1 (T-72 Chassis)
- BREM-2 (BMP-1 Chassis)
- BREM-L (BMP-3 Chassis)
- BREM-K (BTR-80 Chassis)
- BREM-80U (T-80U Chassis)
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The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank first produced in 1940. ...
Germany - Bergepanzer III (PzKpfw III Chassis)
- Bergepanther (SdKfz 179 - Panther Chassis) - 347 produced (1943 to 1945).
- Bergepanzer Tiger (Tiger I Chassis)
- Bergepanzer 38(t) (Panzerkampfwagen 38 Chassis) - 170 produced (1944 to 1945).
- Bergepanzer Leopard 1 (Leopard 1 Chassis)
- Bergepanzer 1 (M48 Chassis)
- Bergepanzer 2 (Leopard 1 Chassis)
- Bergepanzer 3 (Leopard 2 Chassis)
Czechoslovakia - VT-34 ARV (T-34 Chassis)
- VT-55A ARV (T-55 Chassis)
- VT-72B ARV (T-72 Chassis) - (1987 to 1989)
- VPV (BVP-1 Chassis) - (1985 to 1989)
Israel Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1259x853, 169 KB) Summary Description: Israeli TrailBlazer ARV in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1259x853, 169 KB) Summary Description: Israeli TrailBlazer ARV in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel. ...
Trail Blazer (Sherman Chassis) - Trail Blazer (Gordon) - An IDF recovery/engineering vehicle based on HVSS equipped M4A1s Sherman tanks, it featured a large single boom crane (as opposed to the A-Frame of the M32) and large spades at the front and rear of the vehicle to assist in lifting. It could also tow up to 72 tons.
IDF or idf may refer to: the Israel Defense Forces the Islamic Dawah Foundation the International Diabetes Federation the AIDC Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter of Taiwan. ...
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Poland - WZT-2 ARV (T-55 Chassis)
- WZT-3 ARV (T-72 Chassis)
See also It has been suggested that Mechanized warfare be merged into this article or section. ...
This is a List of armoured fighting vehicles worldwide. ...
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