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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle
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Length
Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | M1150 assault breacher vehicle |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | Military engineering vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | 2009–present[source] |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] |
M1150 assault breacher vehiclelarger figure on 1 of 2
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40 feet (12 meters)[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]
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United States Army United States Marine Corps (2009– c. 2023) Australian Army (2025-present) Armed Forces of Ukraine[source] |
| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[source] | War in Afghanistan Russo-Ukrainian war Russian invasion of Ukraine[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] | 239[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] | M58 MICLIC[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers[source] | 1 .50 BMG M2 machine gun mount on top of the vehicle.[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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| Unit cost | — | $14 million (FY 2009)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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