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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle
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Length
Single source9.61 m (31.5 ft)[source]
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Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | Trojan armoured engineer vehicle |
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| Type | Armoured Recovery Vehicle[source] | Combat engineering vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | United Kingdom[source] |
| In service | 1988 - present[source] | 2007–present[source] |
| Used by | British Army Royal Army of Oman[source] |
Trojan armoured engineer vehiclelarger figure on 1 of 5
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Length · source measurement 2
Single source8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Royal Engineers[source] |
| Wars | First Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan[source] | Operation Moshtarak , Afghanistan (since 2010)[source] |
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| Designer | Vickers Defence[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1985[source] | 2000s[source] |
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| Produced | 1988-1993[source] | 2004–[source] |
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| No. built | 84[source] | 33[source] |
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| Passengers | — |
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| Armour | Rolled homogeneous armour and applique armour[source] | Chobham /Dorchester Level 2 (classified),[source] |
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| Main armament | None[source] | 7.62 mm L94A1 (remote controlled)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1 x 7.62mm GPMG Smoke dischargers[source] | — |
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| Transmission | David Brown TN54E[source] | David Brown TN54ETS epicyclic transmission (6 fwd, 2 rev.)[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Vickers plc, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land[source] | BAE Systems Land Systems[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | ~£4,217,000 ~$6,694,400 ~€5,338,860[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 19.2 hp/t (14.2 kW/t)[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Hydropneumatic[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | Trojan[source] |
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