Vehicle, Armored, Recovery, Husky

An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis modified for use during combat for military vehicle recovery (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” (ARRV) is also used.

ARVs are normally built on the chassis of a main battle tank (MBT), but some are also constructed on the basis of other armoured fighting vehicles, mostly armoured personnel carriers (APCs). ARVs are usually built on the basis of a vehicle in the same class they are supposed to recover. A tank-based ARV is used to recover tanks, while an APC-based one recovers APCs (it does not have the power to tow a much heavier tank). ARVs with a crane may be used to lift and place concrete fortifications in place and to help with any other battlefield engineering.

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The Husky Armored recovery vehicle is a part of Canadian AVGP (Armored Vehicle General Purpose) family. It is based on the chassis of the Swiss MOWAG Piranha 6X6 armored vehicle. In the late 1970s Canadian army purchased over 20 of these recovery vehicles. Despite its age the Husky went through a life-extending program (upgrades and modifications) and still serves in its original role.

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