I.D this vehicle?

[Steve Andrews]

http://img89.echo.cx/img89/5750/swisslaketractor1uy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

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[mountainbear]

It’s a beech recovery vehicle based on the Leopard 1, but I don’t remember his designation.

[Uncle Sam]

Future Beach Recovery Vehicle (FBRV) for the UK's Royal Marines

LINK (http://newsite.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jdu/jdu010904_1_n.shtml)

[Steve Andrews]

Well done. HMS Albion visited Jersey last week. I saw one of these vehicles on the beach, covered in scrim. It was hard to make out what it was.
Apparently it's called a Hippo Beach Recovery Vehicle.
http://news.mod.uk/news/press/news_headline_story.asp?newsItem_id=1019
"The Hippo weighs in at 50 tonnes, and is based on the chassis of the German Leopard 1 tank. Crewed by three men, it can wade in water in water up to ten feet deep, and has a traction force of 25 tonnes, sufficient to help move a stranded 240 tonne landing craft. The vehicle is being built by Alvis' subsidary Hagglunds. "


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[Apogee]

http://news.mod.uk/img/pressdatabase/images/supportingImages/large/hippo1_tn.jpg

[Sapper]

What´s that smaller vehicle in that picture?

[DeltaWhisky58]

That's the older BARV it's replacing.

[Sapper]

Thanks for the info!

[HoboWithAK]

Good, no more Mud Marine incidents.

[szr]

Cool looking vehicle. Kind of looks like something you'd see rolling down the railroad tracks in the middle of the night, here in New York.