Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A snatch strap is a piece of equipment used to help in the recovery of vehicles bogged in sand or mud. Snatch straps are manufactured from webbing that is capable of approximately 20% stretch under load. This stretching property allows the strap to store kinetic energy, which is used to pull vehicles from a bog. Snatch straps are typically between 6 m and 15 m in length, with 9 m being a common size. Snatch straps also have ratings of permissible working load - e.g. 8,000 kg. A snatch strap is used by attaching one end to a rated recovery point on the bogged vehicle . A second vehicle is required to do the recovery. The snatch strap is laid out on the ground in the direction the bogged vehicle is to be recovered, with an "S" bend in the middle approximately 1m in length.