The M32 tank recovery vehicle was an armored recovery vehicle (ARV) used during World War II and the Korean War by the United States, and was based on the chassis of the M4 Sherman medium tank. During World War II, the British also used several hundred M32s, which were obtained through Lend-Lease in 1944.

The M32 was the second Tank Recovery Vehicle, the US Army used, the first the M31 was based on the M3 Lee. The M31s were used until they wore out and were well-liked, and the M32 used all the lessons learned on the M31 to turn out a remarkable vehicle.

The M32 ARV was the second (Armoured) Recovery Vehicle fielded by the US Army during WW2, better refined with early experience in this very new field of research. It was to succeed …

M32 Chenca – In 1998, Napco International of the USA upgraded M32B1 TRV Sherman-chassis armoured recovery vehicles with Detroit Diesel 8V-92-T diesel engines. Indian units equipped with Sherman Vs fought in Burma. These Sherman Vs were kept in service with the Indian Army after independence and were in use well into the 1960s.

2024年11月11日 · The M32 Tank Recovery Vehicle (TRV) based on the M4 Medium was the most significant US recovery vehicle of World War Two.

Federal Machine and Welder converted 400 M32s and M32B1s from November, 1944 to May, 1945. (At present, no evidence of FMW M32s has been found.) Production Order T-14407: 400 M32s and M32B1s. Serial Numbers 1343 through S/N …

2019年8月20日 · The M32 became a product of this very thinking, conceived of and developed as an Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV). The M32 was used to succeed the line of M31 ARVs, these built atop the chassis of the in-service M3 Lee Medium Tanks.

As successors to the M31 tank recovery vehicle (TRV) built on the M3 Lee chassis, the M32 series was based on the M4 Sherman hull. The M32B1 used the early M4A1 with the smaller, oval-shaped drivers' hatches. The M32B2 was built on the M4A2, and the final conversion using the M4A3 Sherman was named the M32B3.

The M32 was used to succeed the M31 ARV series, which was based on the chassis of the in-service M3 Lee medium tank. After the M3 series was replaced by the M4 Sherman, it was natural to recreate the Sherman to fill the same ARV role as the M31.

Trail Blazer (Gordon) (Sherman chassis) - An IDF recovery/engineering vehicle based on HVSS equipped M4A1s Sherman tanks, it featured a large single boom crane (as opposed to the A-Frame of the M32) and large spades at the front and rear of the vehicle to assist in lifting.