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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehiclelarger figure on 5 of 5
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Length
Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | FV434 |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | Armoured Repair/Recovery Vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | United Kingdom[source] |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | — |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] | — |
| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
FV434larger figure on 0 of 5
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5.88 m (19 ft 3 in)[source]
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| Designer | Vickers Defence[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1985[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1988-1993[source] | — |
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| No. built | 84[source] | — |
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| Passengers | — |
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| Armour | Rolled homogeneous armour and applique armour[source] | 12.7 mm max[source] |
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| Main armament | None[source] | 7.62 mm L7 GPMG[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers[source] | none, defensive smoke dischargers[source] |
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| Transmission | David Brown TN54E[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land[source] | GKN Sankey[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 15.7 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | — | torsion-bar, 5 units each side[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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