Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle vs Leguan armoured rapid bridge

Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle — licensed reference photograph

AEngineering & recovery

Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle

Armoured Recovery Vehicle

Credit

JzG · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Leguan armoured rapid bridge — licensed reference photograph

BEngineering & recovery

Leguan armoured rapid bridge

AVLB

Credit

Luhai Wong · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery VehicleLength

9.61 m

Length source ↗

Leguan armoured rapid bridge2 × 14-metre bridge variant

15.12 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 24 rows sourced on both sides

9.61m

15.12m2 × 14-metre bridge variant

Length

All recorded figures & sources

9.61 m

Length

Single source

9.61 m (31.5 ft)^[source]

14.48 m

1 × 26-metre bridge variant

Single source

15.12 m

2 × 14-metre bridge variant

Single source

1 × 26-metre bridge variant: 14.48 m (47 ft 6 in) 2 × 14-metre bridge variant: 15.12 m (49 ft 7 in)^[source]

3.62m

4.05m2 × 14-metre bridge variant

Width

All recorded figures & sources

3.62 m

Width

Single source

3.62 m (11.9 ft)^[source]

4.02 m

1 × 26-metre bridge variant

Single source

4.05 m

2 × 14-metre bridge variant

Single source

1 × 26-metre bridge variant: 4.02 m (13 ft 2 in) 2 × 14-metre bridge variant: 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in)^[source]

3.13m

4m1 × 26-metre bridge variant

Height

All recorded figures & sources

3.13 m

Height

Single source

3.13 m (10.3 ft)^[source]

4 m

1 × 26-metre bridge variant

Single source

3.97 m

2 × 14-metre bridge variant

Single source

< 4 m

Official specification · leguan; < 4 m

Manufacturer claim

1 × 26-metre bridge variant: 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) 2 × 14-metre bridge variant: 3.97 m (13 ft 0 in)^[source]

< 4 m^[source]

61.2t

63.5tLeopard 2 Leguan

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

61,200 kg

Mass

Single source

61.2 t (60.2 long tons; 67.5 short tons)^[source]

63,500 kg

Leopard 2 Leguan

Single source

63.5 t (140,000 lb) (Leopard 2 Leguan)^[source]

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Crew

All recorded figures & sources

3 people

Crew

Single source

3^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Maximum speed

68km/hMaximum; Forward

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

59.2 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed

Single source

59.2 km/h (36.8 mph)^[source]

31 km/h

Maximum; Backward

Single source

68 km/h

Maximum; Forward

Single source

Forward: 68 km/h (42 mph) Backward: 31 km/h (19 mph)^[source]

500kmOperational; Operational range

430kmOperational; Road

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

500 km

Operational; Operational range

Single source

500 km (310 mi)^[source]

250 km

Operational; Offroad

Single source

430 km

Operational; Road

Single source

Road: 430 km (270 mi) Offroad: 250 km (160 mi)^[source]

895kWPerkins-Condor CV12-5C/6C

1,100kW

PowerScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

894.839846 kW

Perkins-Condor CV12-5C/6C

Single source

Perkins-Condor CV12-5C/6C 1200 bhp^[source]

1,100 kW

MTU MB 873 Ka-501 V12 twin-turbo diesel engine

Single source

MTU MB 873 Ka-501 V12 twin-turbo diesel engine 1,500 hp (1,100 kW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle and Leguan armoured rapid bridge configuration
Specification	Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle	Leguan armoured rapid bridge
Type	Armoured Recovery Vehicle^[source]	AVLB^[source]
Place of origin	United Kingdom^[source]	Germany^[source]
In service	1988 - present^[source]	—
Used by	British Army Royal Army of Oman^[source]	See operators^[source]
Wars	First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan^[source]	—
Designer	Vickers Defence^[source]	MAN-Mobile Bridges GmbH^[source]
Designed	1985^[source]	—
Produced	1988-1993^[source]	1987–present^[source]
No. built	84^[source]	Quantities as of 2020: Leguan bridge systems: 244 on tracked vehicles 45 on wheeled vehicles Bridges: 483 bridges 7 ferry and floating kits^[source]
Passengers	2^[source]	—
Armour	Rolled homogeneous armour and applique armour^[source]	—
Main armament	None^[source]	—
Secondary armament	1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers^[source]	—
Transmission	David Brown TN54E^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land^[source]	MAN-Mobile Bridges GmbH: May 2005: KMW : May 2005 to December 2025 KNDS Deutschland since December 2015^[source]
Power/weight	—	23.6 hp/t (17.6 kW/t)^[source]

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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle

Leguan armoured rapid bridge

Type

Armoured Recovery Vehicle^[source]

AVLB^[source]

Place of origin

United Kingdom^[source]

Germany^[source]

In service

1988 - present^[source]

—

Used by

British Army Royal Army of Oman^[source]

See operators^[source]

Wars

First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan^[source]

—

Designer

Vickers Defence^[source]

MAN-Mobile Bridges GmbH^[source]

Designed

1985^[source]

—

Produced

1988-1993^[source]

1987–present^[source]

No. built

84^[source]

Quantities as of 2020: Leguan bridge systems: 244 on tracked vehicles 45 on wheeled vehicles Bridges: 483 bridges 7 ferry and floating kits^[source]

Passengers

2^[source]

—

Armour

Rolled homogeneous armour and applique armour^[source]

—

Main armament

None^[source]

—

Secondary armament

1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers^[source]

—

Transmission

David Brown TN54E^[source]

—

Manufacturer

Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land^[source]

MAN-Mobile Bridges GmbH: May 2005: KMW : May 2005 to December 2025 KNDS Deutschland since December 2015^[source]

Power/weight

—

23.6 hp/t (17.6 kW/t)^[source]