The M88 Armored Recovery Vehicle was designed and developed in the late 1950s to handle recovery of the heavier and more massive tanks that of the time. Armored like a tank and incorporating the suspension and drivetrain of the M48/M60 tanks, the M88 ARV is equipped with a massive winch and a hydraulically raised A-frame boom with 400 feet of 5/8-inch wire rope. The M88's original gasoline engine served the vehicle well during its years of duty in Vietnam in the 1970s.