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BEngineering & recovery
Combat engineering vehicle Armoured personnel carrier
At a glance
Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehiclelarger figure on 3 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
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| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | Puma armored engineering vehicle |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | Combat engineering vehicle Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | United Kingdom Israel[source] |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | — |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] | — |
Puma armored engineering vehiclelarger figure on 1 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
7.55 m[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.
| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[source] | — |
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| Designer | Vickers Defence[source] | Israel Military Industries[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] | 3 x 7.62 mm FN MAG 1x MAG Rafael OWS[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers[source] | 1x 60 mm Soltam mortar 2 x TAAS IS-6 smoke grenade launchers with 6 smoke grenades each[source] |
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| Transmission | David Brown TN54E[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembly)[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Helical spring[source] |
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| Role | — | heavily armored Combat engineering vehicle and armored personnel carrier[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | The Puma ( Hebrew : פומ"ה פורץ מכשולים הנדסי) is a heavily armored Combat engineering vehicle and armored personnel carrier that the Engineering Corps of the Israeli Defence Forces has used since the early 1990s. The vehicle can carry a crew of up to eight. The 50-ton vehicle's speed is 45 kilometers an hour.[source]Puma armored engineering vehicle · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Armament consists of three 7.62 mm FN MAG general-purpose machine guns , including one in a remote turret that the crew can control from within the cabin by a Rafael Overhead Weapon Station (OWS). The vehicle also has a 60 mm mortar and two launchers for smoke grenades.[source]Puma armored engineering vehicle · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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