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Armoured recovery vehicle
Centurion ARV Mk II
Centurion ARV Mk II
Type
armoured recovery vehicle
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Service history
In service
1946–present (derivatives still in service)
Production history
Unit cost
£35,000 (1950), £38,000 (1952)[1]
Specifications
Mass
51 long tons (52 t)
Length
Hull: 25 ft (7.6 m) Overall: 32 ft (9.8 m) with 20pdr
Width
11 feet 1 inch (3.38 m) with side plates
Height
9 feet 10.5 inches (3.01 m)
Crew
4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Armour
76 mm
Main armament
7.5×55mm Swiss tank gun
Secondary armament
8 cm fog dispenser 51
Engine
Rolls-Royce Meteor; 5-speed Merrit-Brown Z51R Mk. F gearbox 650 hp (480 kW)
Power/weight
13 hp (9.2 kW) / tonne
Suspension
Horstmann suspension
Ground clearance
1 ft 8 in (50.8 cm)
Operational range
50 miles (80 km) Mk 2/Mk 3[2]
Maximum speed
22 mph (35 km/h)
The Centurion ARV Mk II, was a British armoured recovery vehicle based on the Centurion main battle tank.
^Emrys, Hughes (10 March 1952). "Mr". millbanksystems. millbanksystems. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^Simon Dunstan, "Centurion Universal Tank 1943–2003"[permanent dead link], Osprey Publishing, 2003, p. 5, 14.
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