M1150 assault breacher vehicle vs M88 recovery vehicle

M1150 assault breacher vehicle — licensed reference photograph

AEngineering & recovery

M1150 assault breacher vehicle

Military engineering vehicle

Credit

Spc. Tyler Kingsbury · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

M88 recovery vehicle — licensed reference photograph

BEngineering & recovery

M88 recovery vehicle

Armored recovery vehicle

Credit

baku13 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M1150 assault breacher vehicleLength

12 m

Length source ↗

M88 recovery vehicleLength

8.27 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M1150 assault breacher vehiclelarger figure on 1 of 2

Length+45%

M88 recovery vehiclelarger figure on 1 of 2

Crew+50%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 50 rows sourced on both sides

12m

8.27m

Length+45%

All recorded figures & sources

12 m

Length

Single source

40 feet (12 meters)^[source]

8.27 m

Length

Single source

27.13 ft (8.27 m )^[source]

—

3.43m

Width

All recorded figures & sources

3.43 m

Width

Single source

11.25 ft (3.43 m)^[source]

—

3.12m

Height

All recorded figures & sources

3.12 m

Height

Single source

10.25 ft (3.12 m)^[source]

—

63.5tM88A2

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

63,500 kg

M88A2

Single source

50,800 kg

M88/M88A1

Single source

M88/M88A1 : 50.8 t (112,000 lb ) M88A2 : 63.5 t (140,000 lb)^[source]

Crew+50%

All recorded figures & sources

2 people

Crew

Single source

2^[source]

3 people

Crew

Single source

3^[source]

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48km/hMaximum; M88A2

Speed

All recorded figures & sources

48 km/h

Maximum; M88A2

Single source

42 km/h

Maximum; M88/M88A1

Single source

M88/M88A1 : 42 km/h (26 mph) M88A2 : 48 km/h (30 mph)^[source]

—

450kmOperational; M88/M88A1

Range

All recorded figures & sources

322 km

Operational; M88A2

Single source

450 km

Operational; M88/M88A1

Single source

M88/M88A1 : 450 km (280 mi) M88A2 : 322 km (200 mi)^[source]

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780kWM88A2

Power

All recorded figures & sources

780 kW

M88A2

Single source

560 kW

M88/M88A1 : Continental (now RENK America LLC, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Renk ) AVDS-1790-2DR V12 , air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine • M88A2 : Continental AVDS-1790-8CR, V12 air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine M88/M88A1

Single source

• M88/M88A1 : Continental (now RENK America LLC, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Renk ) AVDS-1790-2DR V12 , air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine • M88A2 : Continental AVDS-1790-8CR, V12 air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine M88/M88A1 : 750 hp (560 kW) M88A2 : 1,050 hp (780 kW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

M1150 assault breacher vehicle and M88 recovery vehicle configuration
Specification	M1150 assault breacher vehicle	M88 recovery vehicle
Type	Military engineering vehicle^[source]	Armored recovery vehicle^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	2009–present^[source]	1961–present^[source]
Used by	United States Army United States Marine Corps (2009– c. 2023) Australian Army (2025-present) Armed Forces of Ukraine^[source]	See operators^[source]
Wars	War in Afghanistan Russo-Ukrainian war Russian invasion of Ukraine^[source]	Arab–Israeli conflict Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Persian Gulf War Kosovo War Iraq War War in Afghanistan Russo-Ukrainian War 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict^[source]
Unit cost	$14 million (FY 2009)^[source]	US$ 2,050,000^[source]
No. built	239^[source]	1,690 (all variants)^[source]
Main armament	M58 MICLIC^[source]	M2 .50 cal heavy MG with 1,300 rounds^[source]
Secondary armament	1 .50 BMG M2 machine gun mount on top of the vehicle.^[source]	—
Designer	—	Bowen McLaughlin York (BMY)^[source]
Designed	—	1959^[source]
Manufacturer	—	BMY (1961–1994) United Defense and Anniston Army Depot (1994–2005) BAE Systems Land and Armaments (since 2005)^[source]
Produced	—	1961–present^[source]
Variants	—	See variants^[source]
Armor	—	Hull and cab armored to protect against small-arms fire up to 30 mm direct fire weapons^[source]
Transmission	—	Twin Disc XT-1410-5A cross-drive (3 speed forward, 1 speed reverse)^[source]
Suspension	—	Torsion bar suspension^[source]
Ground clearance	—	17 in (0.43 m)^[source]
Reported operators	Reported operator · United States Reported operator · Ukraine	Reported operator · United States Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · Australia Reported operator · Austria Reported operator · Bahrain Reported operator · Brazil Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Greece Reported operator · Iraq Reported operator · Israel Reported operator · Jordan Reported operator · Lebanon Reported operator · Kuwait Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · Poland Reported operator · Portugal Reported operator · Saudi Arabia Reported operator · Spain Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Republic of China Reported operator · Thailand Reported operator · Tunisia Reported operator · Turkey

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M1150 assault breacher vehicle

M88 recovery vehicle

Type

Military engineering vehicle^[source]

Armored recovery vehicle^[source]

Place of origin

United States^[source]

In service

2009–present^[source]

1961–present^[source]

Used by

United States Army United States Marine Corps (2009– c. 2023) Australian Army (2025-present) Armed Forces of Ukraine^[source]

See operators^[source]

Wars

War in Afghanistan Russo-Ukrainian war Russian invasion of Ukraine^[source]

Arab–Israeli conflict Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Persian Gulf War Kosovo War Iraq War War in Afghanistan Russo-Ukrainian War 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict^[source]

Unit cost

$14 million (FY 2009)^[source]

US$ 2,050,000^[source]

No. built

239^[source]

1,690 (all variants)^[source]

Main armament

M58 MICLIC^[source]

M2 .50 cal heavy MG with 1,300 rounds^[source]

Secondary armament

1 .50 BMG M2 machine gun mount on top of the vehicle.^[source]

—

Designer

—

Bowen McLaughlin York (BMY)^[source]

Designed

—

1959^[source]

Manufacturer

—

BMY (1961–1994) United Defense and Anniston Army Depot (1994–2005) BAE Systems Land and Armaments (since 2005)^[source]

Produced

—

1961–present^[source]

Variants

—

See variants^[source]

Armor

—

Hull and cab armored to protect against small-arms fire up to 30 mm direct fire weapons^[source]

Transmission

—

Twin Disc XT-1410-5A cross-drive (3 speed forward, 1 speed reverse)^[source]

Suspension

—

Torsion bar suspension^[source]

Ground clearance

—

17 in (0.43 m)^[source]

Reported operators

Reported operator · United States
Reported operator · Ukraine

Reported operator · United States
Reported operator · Ukraine
Reported operator · Australia
Reported operator · Austria
Reported operator · Bahrain
Reported operator · Brazil
Reported operator · Egypt
Reported operator · Greece
Reported operator · Iraq
Reported operator · Israel
Reported operator · Jordan
Reported operator · Lebanon
Reported operator · Kuwait
Reported operator · Morocco
Reported operator · Pakistan
Reported operator · Poland
Reported operator · Portugal
Reported operator · Saudi Arabia
Reported operator · Spain
Reported operator · Sudan
Reported operator · Republic of China
Reported operator · Thailand
Reported operator · Tunisia
Reported operator · Turkey