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[PatioMatt at aol.com]

YES!!!  M88 Tank Retriever was an awesome runner... AFAIR  1000  hp Gasoline 
/ Supercharged!
 
Always fun to see 1 M60  slung between 2  M-88's.... with a  DragonWagon [ 
Lincoln V-12 gas with 36 speeds / 10 wheel drive] lowboy backing  under neath!
 
Drove them when ever they needed one ferried somwhere...  BUT   they were 
WIMPS!!!   ggg
 
Had only the 1 M-2  50 cal  for armament....   M60 had  105 mm   /M-85 - 50 
cal. [ 1000 rounds per minute]  AND the 7.62  M-37 Co-axial machine gun with 
2500 round belts.....
 
I've probably personally KILLED 2,000  Troops with that  Co-ax!!...Luckily 
they were all Carboard silhouettes!!
 
Matt Nall
 
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 _mioanes at woh.rr.com_ (mailto:mioanes at woh.rr.com)   writes:
 
Another  Continental engine that appeared to be built on the same block was 
the  AVSI 1790 (Aircooled, Vee-type, Spark Ignition)  that was (still) in the 
 
M88 recovery vehicle during my first enlistment (1975-78).  Had dual  
magnetos and ran like stink when everything was right.  The AVDS  (Aircooled, 
Vee-type, Diesel, Supercharged) was alive and well in the  M88A1 when I 
retired in 1995.

Did a web search for some of the  above-mentioned vehicles and fond 
iformation that said,wors to the effect  of "M88 was unable to tow the M1 
tank"  B***s**t!
It wasn't rated  to pull the M1 because the M1 was heavier.  You were 
*supposed* to  use a braking vehicle, but that never happened, at least at 
relatively  flat Ft. Riley.

Mike Ioanes
M88 was my favorite vehicle to tc  







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