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The Driver and Mechanic Badge is a military special skill badge of the United States Army which was first created in July 1942. The badge is awarded to drivers, mechanics, and special equipment operators to denote the attainment of a high degree of skill in the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles.
A History of Recovery Vehicles in the British Army, Brian S Baxtor, 198 HMSO; Wreckers and Recovery Vehicles, Bart H Vanderveen, 1972, Haynes Publishing Group; Wreckers and Tow Trucks, Donald Wood, 1995, Motorbooks International "Recovery and Battle Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR) – ATP 4-31/MCRP 3-40E.1" (PDF). armypubs.army.mil.
Army engineering maintenance consists of those engineers, technicians, and military organizations responsible for the expert repair and maintenance of army vehicles, weapon systems, and other equipment.
These parks were to occupy permanent or semi-permanent structures for basic vehicle maintenance and repair. They were to be located 30 miles (48 km) behind the fighting zone (40 miles if behind a "thinly held sector"). When the cost of a repair exceeded 30% of the first cost of the vehicle, they were to be sent to a reconstruction park for salvage.
A US Marine Corps M88A2 Hercules in 2014, lifting an M1 Abrams engine with its crane.. An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis modified for use during combat for military vehicle recovery (towing) or repair of battle-damaged, stuck, and/or inoperable armoured fighting vehicles, such as tanks and armoured personnel carriers.
A fitter and repair vehicle equipped with a crane. This vehicle was not taken into U.S. Army service. M806. Repair and recovery vehicle equipped with an internal winch and two earth anchors mounted on the rear hull. M901 ITV (improved TOW vehicle) Equipped with a launcher armed with two TOW missiles. M113 "MBT" (NTC)
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It was named for Army Quartermaster General and West Point graduate Samuel B. Holabird (1826-1907). 1918: During World War I, Holabird supplied the American Expeditionary Forces in France with Detroit-made vehicles. Thousands of military personnel were trained there to drive and repair automobiles and trucks.