Editing Challenger 2 (section)

=== CRARRV ===
{{main|Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle}}
[[File:Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR)Equipment Demonstration MOD 45149026.jpg|thumb|A CRARRV on exercise in the [[Salisbury Plain Training Area]] in 2008]]
The [[Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle]] (CRARRV) is an [[armoured recovery vehicle]] based on the Challenger 1 hull, designed to repair and recover damaged tanks on the battlefield. Ordered in 1985, and delivered between 1988 and 1993, the CRARRV has subsequently been updated to use a Challenger 2 powertrain consisting of a CV12-5C/6C engine<ref name="Challenger Tanks: Engines (Qs.1)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2022-04-06.HL7761.h&s=speaker%3A25229#gHL7761.q0 |title=Challenger Tanks: Engines (Qs.1) |website=TheyWorkForYou |publisher=UK Parliament |date=22 April 2022 |access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref> with TN54E transmission. The British Army ordered 80 vehicles. Four CRARRVs were purchased by Oman to complement their acquisition of Challenger 2 tanks.

CRARRVs were first deployed in action in the lead up to the [[Gulf War|First Gulf War]], [[Operation Granby]] in 1991. They were subsequently deployed during the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], [[Operation Telic]] in 2003, alongside standard Challenger 2 MBTs.[[File:Challenger 2 UA.jpg|thumb|Ukrainian Challenger 2 in November 2024]]