page_title: Armoured recovery vehicle
section_title: Serbia/Yugoslavia
hierarchical_section_title: Armoured recovery vehicle / List / Serbia/Yugoslavia
caption_attribution_description: English: The Campaign in Italy 1945 A Grant ARV of the New Zealand Division lifts a Daimler scout car which had become bogged down in the mud near Faenza.
context_page_description: An armoured recovery vehicle is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier chassis modified for use during combat for towing or repair of battle-damaged, stuck, and/or inoperable armoured fighting vehicles, such as tanks and armoured personnel carriers. Most ARVs have motorized tracks, like a tank or bulldozer, enabling the ARV to operate on uneven ground. The term "Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle" is also used.
  ARVs may have winches, jibs, cranes, and/or bulldozer blades to aid in tank recovery. Typically, any specialized lifting and recovery equipment replaces the turret and cannon found on a regular tank. ARVs may in some cases have electric generators, blowtorches, chainsaws and fuel pumps to help with recovery operations, or spare parts, to facilitate field repairs. Some ARVs have a spade component to anchor the vehicle when it is towing or lifting. Since most ARVs are based on tank or APC chassis, they have an armored crew cockpit and engine, which means that ARVs can be operated in combat conditions. Rarely, an ARV may be armed, such as some M32s, which have an 81 mm mortar for screening purposes, and the M88, which has a .50 cal heavy machine gun.
context_section_description: M-84ABI - The ARV based on Yugoslav/Serbian M-84 MBT.
  VIU-55 Munja
caption: A Grant-based ARV recovers a Daimler Dingo armoured car. Italy, February 1945
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