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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehiclelarger figure on 4 of 6
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Length
Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
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| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | IMR-2 |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | Heavy combat engineering vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | 1982–present[source] |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] |
IMR-2larger figure on 2 of 6
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9.55 m (31 ft 4 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[source] | Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Syrian Civil War 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
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| Designer | Vickers Defence[source] | UVZ[source] |
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| Designed | 1985[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1988-1993[source] | 1982–1990[source] |
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| No. built | 84[source] | 659[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] | 1× 12.7 mm NSV machine gun[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] | UVZ[source] |
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| Armor | — | Protection against small arms and shell splinters[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 19 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | — | torsion bar[source] |
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