Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) VT-55A
SALE OF MILITARY MACHINERY FOR PRIVATE COLLECTORS
WEAPONS SYSTEMS CAN BE DISARMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT LEGISLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF EACH STATE
3 tanks, originally owned by the AFCR, are in stock. The tanks are in good condition - low Km and Mth values! Newly delivered from Rančířov.
VT-55A Special track vehicle built on a T-55A medium tank chassis. It was designed to recover equipment stuck on an obstacle or equipment damaged in combat or even to make repairs. Its armour, resistance to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and complete drive (engine, gearbox) were maintained and they are identical to the T-55A type.
3-member crew, consisting of a driver-technician, a binder and a commander.
The development was based on the licence documentation for the original Soviet recovery tank installed on a T-54 (BTS - II) chassis which was made at ZTS VVÚ Martin in 1964. Development was stopped in 1968 and in 1969 production began and continued until 1983. One fifth of the production volume was delivered to the Czechoslovak People’s Army, one half, to the former Warsaw Pact members, and the rest, to non-communist (but sympathising) states.
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Maximum speed | Road 50 Km / h / terrain 35 Km / h / when towing a tank 25 Km / h |
| Length | 7.12 m (spur in march position) |
| Width | 3.28 m |
| Height | 2.25 m |
| Total weight | 35 t |
| Wading depth | 1.4 m |
| Maximum operation range | Road 400 Km, terrain 280 Km |
| Vertical obstacle | 0.8 m |
| Trench crossing | 2.7 m |
| Equipment | Without fixed equipment |
| Additional Information | |
| Crew | 3 members (a commander, a driver-mechanician, a binder) |
| Drive | V-55 |
| Drive unit power | 426.59 kW at 2,000 rev/min |
| Maximum torque | 2,400 Nm at 1,200 – 1,250 rev/min |
| Other parameters | Four-stroke ignition liquid-cooled V-engine |
| Number of cylinders | 12 |
| Compression ratio | 15 |
| Cylinders volume | 38.88 l |
| Standardized Fuel Consumption | |
| Road | 190 - 210 l / 100 Km |
| Terrain | 300 - 330 l / 100 Km |
| When towing a tank | 470 – 1,000 l / 100 Km |
