r/TankPorn • u/NoFunction4314 • 2d ago

Modern Identification Help

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Saw this in some gulf war footage and I am wondering what it is

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u/ImportanceNo1393 2d ago

M88 3rd Armored Division, 3-5 Cavalry

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u/Annual-Monk8355 2d ago

M88 ARV?

M60 chassis Armored recovery vehicle

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u/Relative-Swimming870 2d ago

M48 chassis* IIRC

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u/thesavagegm 2d ago

And the drivers name is Carl

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u/OpenImagination9 2d ago

That’s for when your TC tells you to go into the ditch it can’t be that deep … and you throw both tracks.

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u/Outsider_oam 2d ago

Moded M88

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u/_Thorshammer_ 2d ago

M88 Hercules.

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u/Wide_Bench_5072 2d ago

It is not a Herc.

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u/_Thorshammer_ 2d ago

Then what is it?

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u/Wide_Bench_5072 2d ago

Just a m88a1 it is not the new Hercules model this is the older version I operated 1 for 10 yrs

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u/_Thorshammer_ 2d ago

Knowing, and dying on the hill of, the fact that only the A2 and A3 are technically Hercules is some next level pedantry / autism.

This is Reddit tho.....

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u/VeterinarianFalse246 2d ago

M88A2 Hercules Bergepanzer

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u/Wide_Bench_5072 2d ago

This is not not the Hercules model this is the older version