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The Russian military has captured an American-made M88A1 Recovery Vehicle from Kiev forces in the Donetsk direction.
Photos of the captured vehicles were posted to social networks on April 25. The vehicle was reportedly captured near the settlement of Stepovo, to the northwest of the city of Avdeevka, then pulled back to the rear by units from the Tsentr Group of Forces.
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The M88A1 was designed around the now obsolete M60 Patton main battle tank. Its primary role is to repair or replace damaged parts in fighting vehicles while under fire, as well as extricate vehicles that have become bogged down or entangled.
The medium recovery vehicle, which weights 50,8 tone, has 432 mm ground clearance, 2.6 meter fording depth, 1.1 meter wall climb and 2.6 meters trench crossing capabilities. It is powered by an AVDS-1790-2DR V12, air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine and equipped with a winch and a spade. The vehicle is also armed with an M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun with 1,300 rounds for self protection.
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Kiev forces received at least eight M88A1 vehicles from the United States last year. Most of them have already been destroyed or damaged by the Russian military.
The U.S. and other allies of Ukraine have been struggling to supply Kiev forces with engineering vehicles for the recovery of damaged vehicles as well as to clear obstacles and minefields. The shortage and misuse of such vehicles contributed to the failure of the Ukrainian spring counteroffensive.
The M88A1 captured by the Russian military will likely end up on display at the Kubinka tank museum near the capital, Moscow, or some other military museum.
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could that maybe take a #3500 hitch with a 2″-ball? looks a little slopped-up to me, maybe take some weight off…
its a build leftover. pattons were used in korea.
you sure are a leftover honey
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its a build leftover. pattons were used in sri lanka.
pattons are used and still are being used by turk roaches in syria.
my brain fried only cabbage leftover
0 id wrote that…
my brain more like potato mash—not left cabbage
m60 used in vietnam. they look like, but they’re different tanks. m60 is like t64.
thank you. its a long time ago.
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its a build leftover. pattons were used in madagaskar
its a build leftover. pattons were used in paraguay.
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former sa boss arsenij ‘james bond’ jazenjuk has been ‘disappeared’ by orders of the narcofuehrer himself. ss brought him to the santa fu prison in lwiw, where he is set to be executed soon.
former sa boss julia ‘marilyn monroe’ timoshenko has been ‘disappeared’ by orders of the narcofuehrer himself. ss brought she to the plötzensee prison in rivne, where he is set to be executed soon.
former sa boss wiktor ‘rocky balboa’ juschtschenko has been ‘disappeared’ by orders of the narcofuehrer himself. ss brought she to the stammheim prison in cherkasy, where he is set to be executed soon.
rip ernst röhm +
rip wiktor juschtschenko +
rip julia timoshenko +
rip arsenij jazenjuk +
rip valery zaluzhny +
rip mickey mouse +
more yankee scrap for the museum of dead empires and destroyed demon$. the world thanks mother russia and her gallant sons for their courage and defeating ussan zio bankster fascism once again in the heart of the evil eusssr, aka urupp. z and lots of it until the serpent is crushed.
its a build leftover. pattons were used in nigeria.
what next man, ‘its a build leftover. pattons were used in antarctica’
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0 id wrote that
vesticii isi vor pierde si chilotii in ua
it looks like people need to get out of the vehicle to do stuff. that’s not what is considered to be able to salvage vehicles under fire.