Critized for its light gun and hull mounted howitzer reminsicent of the earlier French B1 and other designs, it was seen as a stopgpap tank, before the M4 could be ready. Of the numerous …

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.

Oct 19, 2024 · Arguably the second-best ARV of the Second World War, behind its successor, the M32, the M31 proved superior to the recovery vehicles of its enemies and allies.

In late August 1943, the Ordnance Technical Committee assigned the nomenclature "M31" to conversions based on the M3 Medium, with "M31B1" and "M31B2" assigned to those based on the M3A3 and M3A5 respectively.

M31 (T2) was an armored recovery vehicle (ARV) used during World War II by the United States, and was based on the chassis of the M3 Lee medium tank.

The British converted M3 Lee tanks (called Grant in the UK, with minor modifications) to armored recovery vehicles, known as the Grant ARV I. This is similar to the T-2 (M31) but of simpler design. When M31 vehicles were obtained by Britain …

M31 ARV is a WWII-era armored recovery vehicle on the M3 Lee tank chassis. Also known as M31 TRV (tank recovery vehicle). A Grant ARV lifts a Daimler scout car which had become …

The M31 was an early attempt by the US military to develop a tank recovery vehicle. The vehicle was based on the chassis of the M3 medium tank. These were surplus models which had …

May 20, 2013 · The M31 was a conversion of the American M3 Medium tank for use in the recovery of disabled armored vehicles during the Second World War. British recovery vehicles were called Armored Recovery Vehicles (ARV), the US Army term for the M31 and M32 was Tank Recovery Vehicle (TRV).

The Tank Recovery Vehicle M31 was based on the Medium Tank M3, and over 800 were produced in 1942-45. One of the reasons for the success of German armoured forces was their use of armoured tank recovery vehicles, capable of rescuing damaged but repairable vehicles from the battlefield.