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Configuration
| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | IDF Caterpillar D9 |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | armored bulldozer[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | — |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | Older generations, such as D9L and D9N are still in service, mainly in the reserve forces.[source] |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] | Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Combat Engineering Corps |
Width
Single source3.62 m (11.9 ft)[source]
Mass
Single source61.2 t (60.2 long tons; 67.5 short tons)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source59.2 km/h (36.8 mph)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single source500 km (310 mi)[source]
Perkins-Condor CV12-5C/6C
Single sourcePerkins-Condor CV12-5C/6C 1200 bhp[source]
D9L in IDF service · Power
Single sourceD9N in IDF service · Power
Single sourceD9R in IDF service · Power
DisputedD9T in IDF service · Power
Single source405–410 horsepower (302–306 kW)[source]
460 hp (340 kW)[source]
375–401 hp (280–299 kW)[source]
405 hp (302 kW)[source]
410–436 hp (306–325 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[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] | — |
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| Main armament | None[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers[source] | — |
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| Transmission | David Brown TN54E[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land[source] | — |
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| Base supplier | — | Caterpillar Inc.[source] |
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| Armour modifiers | — | Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Military Industries and Israel Aerospace Industries[source] |
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| Role | — | combat engineering operations[source] |
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