M578 Light Recovery Vehicle in RCOC Museum at Montreal
Type
Armored recovery vehicle
Place of origin
United States
Service history
Used by
See Operators
Wars
Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Gulf War
Production history
Designer
Pacific Car & Foundry Company
Manufacturer
FMC Corp. (vehicle body), General Motors (engine),[1] Allison Transmission(transmission)[2]
Bowen-McLaughlin-York
Produced
1962
Specifications
Mass
54,000lbs/
24,493.998k
Length
18 ft 3.8 in (5.583 m)
Width
10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Height
8 ft 7.5 in (2.629 m)
Crew
3 men:
Crane operator in cab right front
Rigger in cab left front
Driver in hull left front
Armor
13 mm (0.5 inches) Steel
Main armament
.50-caliber M2HB machine gun (500 rounds)
Engine
General Motors 8V71T; 8 cylinder, 2 cycle, vee, supercharged diesel 345 hp @ 2,300 rpm
Suspension
Torsion bar suspension
Fuel capacity
1,137 litres (250 imperial gallons; 300 US gallons)
Operational range
450 miles (724 km)
Maximum speed
37 mph (60 km/h)
The M578 light recovery vehicle (G309) was an American Cold War-era armored recovery vehicle. The M578 utilized the same chassis as the M107 self-propelled gun and M110 self-propelled howitzer. The M578 provided maintenance support to mechanized infantry and artillery units. Its primary mission was to recover damaged light armored vehicles from the battlefield using its crane boom.
^Defense Industry Bulletin, April 1968, p. 47.
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