M578 Light Recovery Vehicle

M578 Light Recovery Vehicle (G309) was an American Cold War-era armored recovery vehicle. The M578 utilized the same chassis as 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.

Operation
The cab can rotate 360°, and a 30,000 lb (13,600 kg) capacity winch was run through a crane on the cab. Another winch, 60,000 lb (27,000 kg) capacity, was mounted on the front of the cab. Access to the cab was through a door on each side and by double doors in the rear, and the crane operator and rigger both had vision cupolas in the cab roof.

Users

 * 🇦🇹: Austrian Army
 * 🇧🇷: Brazilian Army
 * Royal Danish Army
 * 🇪🇬: Egyptian Army
 * Hellenic Army
 * 🇮🇱: Israel Defense Forces
 * 🇯🇴: Royal Jordanian Land Force
 * 🇱🇧: Lebanese Armed Forces
 * 🇲🇦: Royal Moroccan Army
 * 🇬🇧: British Army
 * 🇺🇸: United States Army