Originally designed by FMC as an air-transportable heavy lifting crane for barrel replacements of selfpropelled guns of the same (M107/M110) family, the M578, primarily built by Bowen-McLaughlin-York, served more as a wrecker and a general recovery vehicle. The machine FMC conceived to meet the Army specifications on a modified M107/110 SPG chassis was originally known as the T120. The T120 developed into the T120E1 and finally the M578 Light Armored Full Tracked Recovery Vehicle.
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