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Configuration
| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | Meerkat (vehicle) |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector VMMD system[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[source] |
Width
Single source3.62 m (11.9 ft)[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]
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] | — |
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| Introduction | — | 1998[source] |
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| System manufacturer | — | Rolling Stock Division (RSD) of DCD-Dorbyl[source]ManufacturerofIVMMDsystem expresslynamed, not invented individualvehiclemaker |
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| Role | — | intended only to detect land mines[source] |
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| Detection equipment | — | pair of horizontally mounted rectangular panels, one each side[source] |
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| Protection | — | floor of the driver's cabin is armored[source] |
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| Maintenance | — | structural components are designed to be quickly replaced[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | South Africa[source]Inventory Origin column; table 14, row 9, cell 2; revision 1374575395; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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