Vehicle recovery

[Imp]

There have been huge duscusions on this by people far more knowledgeable than me including tankers.
The minimum time I think any quoted they had ever seen known was nearly an hour for a minor repair. This assumes know what you are doing have the part & the tools & no one is interfering with you. Said even changing a tyre takes time over half an hour by the time you drive to somewhere safe with hard ground to do it, while under fire in your dreams. To repair a tank needs no enemy presence & for a repair vehicle to reach you with the correct tools & guys that know what they are doing. You can service/fix your car but lack of experience correct tools means it takes you at least 4 times as long as a mechanic, in a tanks case no specialist tools cant even attempt most things.
On plain old getting stuck minimum time is a couple of hours 4+ is more common & this does not take into account the draging vehicle having to turn up. It takes a long time as it has to get in position without getting stuck itsself. If you think of a tank stuck in mud it has sunk so its belly forms a great seal with the mud & weighs 60 tons, its a bit harder than trying to pull your boot out. Its very rare rescue vehicles can get in best position to free it for fear of getting stuck to so often off axis rescue, conclusion is therefore 2 hours minimum in ideal conditions for any mobbility problem 5+ much more likely.