its a nice tank (worked with it in Kosovo)but it is not a good as a leopard 2 recovery tank !! (1700ps,47.6 litre, mercedes MTU V12 multifuel engine,67 tonnes combat ready,topspeed normal 85 km/uur, at war 135 km /uur!!)
this is always a problem with tracks ,what i heart that the M88 could go 110 km/uur (70 miles??) with the rev limiter off ,thats still very very fast !!!
we actually got one of these stuck out near rushdi mulla iraq. it was the most ridiculous recovery ever, we needed a hemmt to unstuck a humvee, then the hemmt got stuck so we had to get an m88 to unstuck the hemmt, anyways the m88 got stuck, so we had to go get another m88 to unstuck the hemmt and the first m88.
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bigshanner 2 months ago
35mph is as fast as it will go. engine isnt the issue transmission is were its governed
glasergf1970 9 months ago
its a nice tank (worked with it in Kosovo)but it is not a good as a leopard 2 recovery tank !! (1700ps,47.6 litre, mercedes MTU V12 multifuel engine,67 tonnes combat ready,topspeed normal 85 km/uur, at war 135 km /uur!!)
orangek5 1 year ago
@orangek5
asemblee claims that 60 mph is max cause tracks are to heavy and damaging by rotary speed
elveezultra 1 year ago
@elveezultra
this is always a problem with tracks ,what i heart that the M88 could go 110 km/uur (70 miles??) with the rev limiter off ,thats still very very fast !!!
orangek5 1 year ago
@orangek5
right ! 70 tons ;) 9ClZE8zNCm0 <---look this tag
elveezultra 1 year ago
@orangek5
It is a recovery track vehicle not a tank. A tank has a big gun on the front of it.
inthebackround 3 months ago
we actually got one of these stuck out near rushdi mulla iraq. it was the most ridiculous recovery ever, we needed a hemmt to unstuck a humvee, then the hemmt got stuck so we had to get an m88 to unstuck the hemmt, anyways the m88 got stuck, so we had to go get another m88 to unstuck the hemmt and the first m88.
seveseven 1 year ago
it will be ironic to stuck in the mud
nowherename 1 year ago
might as well go play in the mud in the fiueld, youre going ot the washrack anyway! lol
budice 2 years ago
Makes me want to join the army just to do that!
ZzDe0 2 years ago
Nice!! 88's are awesome machines. I ran one back in the day and still miss hearing that big diesel roar and the tracks hammer on the road.
Lots of guys have had the privelege to be 88 drivers - damn few of us were good ones though.
Am I smug and conceited??
You better believe it!!
steveulrey 3 years ago 2