Place of origin United States Produced 1962 | Wars Vietnam war | |
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Type Armored recovery vehicle Used by Israel, United States, UK Manufacturer FMC Corp. (vehicle body), General Motors Corp. (transmission)
Bowen-McLaughlin-York | ||
The M578 light recovery vehicle (G309) was an American Cold War-era armored recovery vehicle. The M578 utilized the same chassis as M107 self-propelled gun and M110 self-propelled howitzer. The M578 provided maintenance support to mechanized infantry and artillery units. Its primary mission was to recover damaged light armored vehicles from the battlefield using its crane boom.
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The cab can rotate 360°, and a 30,000 lb (13,600 kg) capacity winch was run through a crane on the cab. Another winch, 60,000 lb (27,000 kg) capacity, was mounted on the front of the cab. Access to the cab was through a door on each side and by double doors in the rear, and the crane operator and rigger both had vision cupolas in the cab roof.
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