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AEV 3 Kodiaklarger figure on 1 of 1
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| Specification | AEV 3 Kodiak | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle |
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| Type | Armoured engineering variant of a main battle tank[source] | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Germany Switzerland[source] | United Kingdom[source] |
| In service | 2009–present[source] | 1988 - present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] |
Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehiclelarger figure on 0 of 1
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9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] |
| Wars | War in Afghanistan[source] | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[source] |
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| Designer | Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and RUAG Defence; Krauss-Maffei Wegmann are technical design parent of the base platform[source] | Vickers Defence[source] |
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| Designed | from 2002[source] | 1985[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Rheinmetall (local assembly/conversion is an option if not new-build)[source] | Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land[source] |
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| Unit cost | Leopard 2A6 base platform: US$5.74 million (2007)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2007–present[source] | 1988-1993[source] |
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| No. built | 42 (plus 44 on order 2021)[source] | 84[source] |
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| Armour | welded steel, with a package of spaced multilayer passive composite armour[source] | Rolled homogeneous armour and applique armour[source] |
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| Main armament | a RCWS (Remote Controlled Weapon Station) with options ranging from 5.56 mm light machine gun to 40 mm grenade launcher can be fitted at the commander's hatch[source] | None[source] |
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| Power/weight | 21.4 PS/t (15.7 kW/t) (approx. based on MLC 70 classification)[source] | — |
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| Transmission | Renk HSWL 354 automatic with 4 forward and 2 reverse gears[source] | David Brown TN54E[source] |
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| Suspension | Torsion bar suspension[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,100 litres (242 imperial gallons; 291 US gallons) in interconnected tanks[source] | — |
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| Passengers | — |
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| Secondary armament | — | 1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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