The invention relates to a breakdown and recovery equipment (10) for rescuing broken-down vehicles (V) intended to be mounted on a breakdown vehicle (1). The equipment (10) comprises: a support structure (12, 14, 16, 18) intended to be attached to the chassis (2) of the breakdown vehicle (1); a movable element (34) displaceable with respect to the support structure (12, 14, 16, 18) between a raised position and a lowered position; a towing member (38) suitable for carrying a broken-down vehicle (V), locked translationally with the movable element (34) and swingable thereto between an angularly tilted-out position and an angularly withdrawn position; and an actuator device (36) associated to the movable element (34) and arranged to control the motion thereof. The support structure (12, 14, 16, 18) has a guide device (46), and the towing member (38) has a corresponding guided portion (48) cooperating with the guide device (46) in such a manner to impart a controlled swinging movement to the towing member (38) with respect to the movable element (34) during a section of the path to be travelled by the movable element (34) between the lowered position and the raised position.
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