Armoured warfare

Armoured warfare in modern warfare is understood to be the use of armoured fighting vehicles as a central component of the methods of war.

Support

Armoured warfare is mechanically and logistically intensive and requires extensive support mechanisms.

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Armoured Fighting Vehicles require armoured vehicles capable of working in the same terrain to support them. These are operated by the appropriate branches of the army e.g. recovery and maintenance vehicles by the REME and combat engineering vehicles by the RE in the British Army.

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These include:

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• Armoured Recovery vehicles (ARV)

:Many of these are based on the chassis for the vehicle they support. e.g. the ARV for the UK Challenger tank is a Challenger hull with winch.

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• Armoured supply vehicles

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• (armoured) Combat Engineering Vehicles (CEV)

: e.g. bulldozers

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