The M88 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction ... It's a beast of a full-tracked armored vehicle that weighs 70 tons, designed to help out every type of main battle tank ...

According to news reports, the soldiers were the crew of an M88A2 Armored-Recovery Vehicle (ARV) or M88A2 Hercules, which is a tracked, tank-like vehicle used on the battlefield as an armored tow ...