The M88 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction ... It's a beast of a full-tracked armored vehicle that weighs 70 tons, designed to help out every type of main battle tank ...

Battlefield recovery and maintenance So what is the M88 that sank? The M88 recovery vehicle has been a vital asset to the US military since the Vietnam War. The recovery vehicle's primary role is ...

Three U.S. soldiers missing in Lithuania were found dead after their submerged armored vehicle was pulled from a muddy bog, U ...

Three American soldiers were declared deceased on Monday after crews in Lithuania retrieved the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle they were traveling in, which sank in a swamp last week.

"Not only are we dealing with the terrain, a lot of mud that is over top of the vehicle, but also the fact that it's 70 tons that we're trying to recover out of a swamp or bog," Brig. Gen. John Lloyd, ...

A U.S. M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle that was carrying four American soldiers was retrieved in Pabradė, Lithuania, early Monday after sinking in a swamp last week. The fate of the four ...

The missing Americans were riding in their M88 recovery vehicle, which "was discovered submerged in a body of water in a training area," the Army said.March 27, 2025 ...

"The M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle the four missing U.S. Soldiers were operating during a training exercise has been located in Lithuania," it said in a statement. Sign up here. The ...