I was watching a special on the M88A2 Hercules Heavy Recovery Vehicle. This is the unit that the US military uses to recover broken down or stuck M1A1 battle tanks.

M88A2

During the show, the vehicle commander mentioned a chart that they use to determine the single line pull based on the weight of the vehicle and how deep it's buried. Has anyone ever seen or heard of this?

 

yes I have heard of and seen it in use on an episode of dirty jobs on the discovery channel.

Pretty interesting stuff if you ask me.

 

I don't think it was Dirty Jobs. The host was some pasty British dude. I think it was How Do They Do That?

 

yes I 've used it and been thru the Armys wheeled vehical recovery course

 

Basically it depends on if the vehical is buried to hub depth , fender depth , or cab ,it's a multiplier effect ,also depends on a lot on what type of vehical tracked or wheeled ,and what your line pull is and how many ****** blocks ,there's a whole formula to go thru .
Did a 2 week course last summer it was fun

 

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Any idea where I could find the info? Online or otherwise.

 

might be able to dig up a manual that has the data ,

 

Yhea they have probably shown it on different shows from time to time. The other day though on the 100th episode of dirty jobs it was military and they had him doing that.

 

i saw it on dirty jobs too

 

The 88 does a mediocre job of recovering M1A1's... it always had an easy time with our M109's though... Nothing beats a 155mm Selfpropelled Howitzer [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] especially when you use it for Direct fire (as if it were a tank...)