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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehiclelarger figure on 3 of 3
MAZ-538
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | MAZ-538 |
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| Displacement | — | 38.88 L[source] |
| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | — |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | — |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | — |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] | — |
| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
5870 mm[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]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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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] | — |
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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] | — |
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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] | MAZ[source] |
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| Production | — | 1955-1990[source] |
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| Body style | — | Bulldozer[source] |
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| Engine | — | V12 diesel engine[source] |
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| Role | — | heavy four-wheeled bulldozer[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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| Country of origin | — | Soviet Union[source]Inventory Origin column; table 36, row 15, cell 5; revision 1377394124; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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