The tank recovery vehicle M74 (M74) [1] was an engineer vehicle used by the U.S. Army in the 1950s. It was designed to cope with the heavier weights of the M26 Pershing and M47 Patton. It could also be suitable for light dozing, since it had a hydraulic, front-mounted spade.

The M4 Sherman, officially medium tank, M4, was the medium tank most widely used by the United States and Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers.

2024年3月23日 · The M74 Tank Recovery Vehicle was a US armored recovery vehicle (ARV) based on the M4A3 (HVSS) Sherman chassis. The M74 was created as the M32 Armored Recovery Vehicle, a pivotal ARV developed during World War II, could no longer recover the new generations of tanks without assistance.

M74 armored recovery vehicle – Upgrade of the M32 to provide the same capability for heavier post-war tanks, converted from M4A3 HVSS tanks. In appearance, the M74 is very similar to the M32, fitted with an A-Frame crane, a main towing winch, …

2023年1月11日 · The TRV M74 was developed after the outbreak of the Korean War since the World War II-era tank recovery vehicles then in use could not cope with the heavier modern tanks. M74 was converted from stocks of medium tanks M4A3 and M32B3 tank recovery vehicles, to which it bore a strong resemblance.

2021年5月7日 · David Fletcher takes a look at the mighty M74 Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), built on a Sherman M4A3 chassis. ...more.

The M74 tank recovery vehicle (T-74)[1] was an engineer vehicle used by the U.S. Army in the 1950s. Based on the M4A3 medium tank,[2] it was developed to cope with the heavier M26 Pershing and M47...

On 14 March 1957, the M4A3(76)HVSS became the last Sherman gun tank to be declared obsolete. Thus, the M74 might be considered historically significant in that it was the last Sherman based vehicle in use by the US Army.

The tank recovery vehicle M74 (M74) was an engineer vehicle used by the U.S. Army in the 1950s. It was designed to cope with the heavier weights of the M26 Pers...

This book chronicles the development and use of the US and British military’s Sherman tank–based armored recovery vehicles. The United States, being at peace, had not foreseen the need for a specialized tank recovery vehicle, despite the …