BARV Hippo (vyprošťovací tank desantních jednotek)

Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle "the Hippo"
A recovery tank navy commando units with the name Hippo (Hippo)

- characteristics: a recovery tank specialized for rescue work during the desantních operations
- short history:
The prototype of the "Hippo" was created in 2003, the reconstruction of the German tank Leopard, according to the request of the british naval commando units. The work carried out by the Norwegian company Hagglunds Moelv, which at that time belonged to the transnational clusters of Alvis Group (now BAE System).

- type of vehicle: the recovery tank
- manufacturer: norway Hagglunds Moelv (BAE Systems)
- the name of the manufacturer: FBARV
- naming the prototype for the army: Future Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle
- the naming of the vehicles in the British army: Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle, or COLOR Hippo
- abbreviation: FBARV, later, COLOR
- year of manufacture: 2003
- made of: 4 pieces

Basic technical data
- crew: 3 persons (commander, driver, sapper)
- the weight of the emergency: of 50.8 Mg (50 long tons)
- length of hull: 7,4 m
- width: 3,37 m
- height: 4.1 m
- ceiling height: 0,44 m
Armour
- hull: n. a.
- thickness of armour: n / a
- the thickness of the armored glass: n / a
Armament:
- without equipment, only the personal weapons of the crew, or carried explosives
Drive unit
- engine type: MB 838 CaM-500
- engine design: vícepalivový (diesel), air-cooled
- the imposition of cylinder: 10 cylinders In v
- contents: 37,4 dm3
- cylinder bore: 165 mm
- stroke of roller: 175mm
- performance: 610,5 kW (830 hp) at 2200 fig./min.
Transmission
- gears adjusted to gain more towing power at the expense of maximum velocity
- type: ZF 4
Chassis
- modified chassis tank Leopad 1A5
- the length of contact of the belt with the ground: about a 4.24 m
- width of belt: about 0.55 m
- specific pressure: 106,89 kPa (estimate of 1.09 kg/cm2)
Performances
- tensile strength 75,9 kNm (56000 lbf)
- maximum speed: 64 km/h (40 mph)
- working speed: up to 32 km/h (20 mph)
- range: up to 600 km
- slope: neudán
- lateral tilt: neudán
- trench: about 3.0 m
- hurdle, grade: about 1.15 m
- brod: of 2.95 m (116")

Note
Used photos are taken from the following sources and internet sites.

Resources
Michal Zdobinský: Through Normandy after today, And report 2004, no. 20, str. 20-21, ISSN 1211-801X
Michal Zdobinský: Through Normandy after today, And report 2005, str. 48-51, ISSN 1211-801X
author not: Hippo to the rescue, DLO news, 2006 June, Issue 45, pp. 26-27, ISSN n. a.
CSN 011300 Legal unit of measure, Praha 1988
Svatopluk Black et al.: Mechanically technical manual, 11. edition, SNTL, Praha 1959, ISBN does not

Internet
en.wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_1
http://mainbattletanks.czweb.org/Tanky/Leop1A5.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/barv
www.armorama.com
http://www.leopardmotor.com/
www.official-documents.gov.uk
www.panzer-modell.de.
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