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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehiclelarger figure on 4 of 6
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Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
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| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | M578 light recovery vehicle |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | Armored recovery vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | — |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] | See Operators |
M578 light recovery vehiclelarger figure on 2 of 6
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18 ft 3.8 in (5.583 m)[source]
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| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[source] | Vietnam War Lebanese Civil War Gulf War[source] |
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| Designer | Vickers Defence[source] | Pacific Car & Foundry Company[source] |
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| Designed | 1985[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1988-1993[source] | 1962[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] | .50 -caliber M2HB machine gun (500 rounds)[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] | FMC Corp. (vehicle body), General Motors (engine), Allison Transmission (transmission) Bowen-McLaughlin-York[source] |
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| Armor | — | 13 mm (0.5 inches) Steel[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Torsion bar suspension[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 1,137 litres (250 imperial gallons; 300 US gallons)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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