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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehiclelarger figure on 2 of 4
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Length
Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
Overall
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| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | M728 combat engineer 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] | 1965–present[source] |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] |
M728 combat engineer vehiclelarger figure on 2 of 4
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Overall: 8.83 metres (29 ft 0 in)[source]
Perkins-Condor CV12-5C/6C
Single sourcePerkins-Condor CV12-5C/6C 1200 bhp[source]
Continental (now General Dynamics ) AVDS-1790-2DR V12 , air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine
Single sourceContinental (now General Dynamics ) AVDS-1790-2DR V12 , air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine 750 horsepower (560 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See operators[source] |
| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[source] | Cold War Vietnam War Gulf War Bosnian Implementation Force Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina[source] |
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| Designer | Vickers Defence[source] | US Army Engineer Research & Development Laboratories[source] |
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| Designed | 1985[source] | 1963[source] |
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| Produced | 1988-1993[source] | M728 : 1965–1972 M728A1 : 1982–1987[source] |
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| No. built | 84[source] | 312 (all variants)[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] | Main gun: 1× 165mm M135 (30 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers[source] | Coaxial machine gun: 1× 7.62mm M240 machine gun (2,000 rounds) Commander cupola M19: 1× 12.7mm M85 machine gun (600 rounds)[source] |
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| Transmission | David Brown TN54E[source] | CD-850-6A 2 speeds forward, 1 reverse[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land[source] | Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant , Warren, Michigan Anniston Army Depot , Alabama (final assembly)[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | M728 : US$297,900 (1974) (equivalent to $1,469,937 in 2024 )[source] |
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| Variants | — | See variants[source] |
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| Armor | — | Upper Hull Glacis M728 : 3.67 in (93 mm) at 65° 8.68 in (220 mm) LoS M728A1 : 4.29 in (109 mm) at 65° 10.15 in (258 mm) LoS Turret Front M728/M728A1 : equals 10 in (250 mm)[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 14.1 hp/t[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | A-frame crane boom: 9.0 short tons (18,000 lb) hoisting/lifting capacity Winch: 11.0 short tons (22,000 lb) pulling capacity[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Torsion bar suspension[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 463 mm (1 ft 6.2 in)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 1,457 litres (320 imp gal; 385 US gal)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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