Challenger Tanks: Engines

(asked on 6th April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the power pack fitted to the new Challenger 3 is (1) a contemporary CV12 engine similar to a 5A, or (2) a CV12 with common rail fuel injection and new engine management system, or (3) something else; and if it is something else, what is its specification.


Answered by
Baroness Goldie Portrait
Baroness Goldie
Shadow Minister (Defence)
This question was answered on 22nd April 2022

The variants of the CV12 powerpacks fitted to the Challenger base vehicle family are:


Vehicle

Powerpack

Challenger 2

CV12-6A

Challenger 3

CV12-9A

Challenger Armoured Recovery and Repair Vehicle (CRARRV)

CV12-5C/6C

TITAN/TROJAN

CV12-8A

A small number of CRARRV vehicles are currently fitted with CV12-5C powerpacks that will be replaced with CV12-6C powerpacks on failure or when the vehicle is attending base workshop, whichever comes first.

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