Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV)

Armament: 1 x 7.62-mm co-axially mounted machine-gun (C6) 1 x 7.62-mm crew commander's machine-gun (C6) 6 x 76-mm grenade launchers

Specifications: Length: 7.57 m Width: 3.25 m Height: 2.7 m (including turret mounted machine gun) Crew: 4 Weight: (with spare power pack) (empty) 39,200 kg (combat weight) 39,800 kg Max speed: (road) 62 km/h Range: 850 km Fuel capacity: 1,410 litres Engine: Multi-fuel engine, 10 cylinders, 830 hp

Description/History

The Taurus ARV was designed to undertake the following roles:

• recovering vehicles disabled by enemy action or mechanical failure, or that are bogged down;
• towing disabled vehicles;
• changing components such as power packs and turrets. (A replacement Leopard power pack is carried on the rear decking and a complete engine change can be carried out in less than 30 minutes);
• carrying out dozing operations;
• fuelling vehicles.