The BAE Systems M88 recovery vehicle has become a workhorse for U.S. military recovery efforts, bailing out stuck and disabled cavalry and tanks with ease.

The latest variant of the M88 Hercules, a recovery vehicle designed to tow disabled heavy combat vehicles off the battlefield, has been canceled.

Notably, it eliminates the need for two vehicles for raising and moving the newer, heavier Abram tanks, effectively bridging the single-vehicle recovery gap.

It will take months or more for Ukraine to get its Abrams tanks. In the meantime it needs a way to haul other armored vehicles off the battlefield.

A U.S. M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle was retrieved from a peat bog in Pabradė, Lithuania after sinking last week while carrying four American soldiers.

BAE Systems received a contract with the potential value of $112 million to perform technical services for M88 recovery vehicles procured by the U.S. Army.

Poland has signed a deal for the purchase of 26 Hercules armoured recovery vehicles from BAE Systems to support the US-made Abrams tanks Warsaw bought earlier.

As the M1 Abrams tank and other combat vehicles become heavier, further modernization of the M88 will be required to continue to provide single-vehicle recovery capability.

What Is An M88A2 Armored-Recovery Vehicle? The M88 recovery vehicle is one of the largest armored recovery vehicles (ARVs) used by the United States Armed Forces.

The latest variant of the M88 Hercules, a recovery vehicle designed to tow disabled heavy combat vehicles off the battlefield, has been canceled.