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    have also been used by Dutch and Australian forces. The original BARV was a Sherman M4A2 tank which had been waterproofed and had the turret replaced...
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    tank Matilda I infantry tank Type 95 Ha-Go light tank Sherman Crab Mine flail tank Sherman BARV Sea Lion Sexton self-propelled gun Centurion MK II main...
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    surviving D-Day landing craft. Other vehicles in the collection are a Sherman BARV and a DUKW amphibious vehicle. In addition there is a replica infantry...
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    M4A2 Sherman, Centurion and Leopard 1A5 ("Hippo") tank chassis. Australia converted a M3A5 Grant to a BARV configuration. The first BARV was a Sherman M4A2...
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    used by British units. Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle (BARV) – British conversion of Sherman III with large boat-shaped superstructure that was capable...
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    2017. The following vehicles are on display: Scammell Pioneer FV434 Sherman BARV Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV) Westland Scout...
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    the Churchill Crocodile. Also, small numbers of Churchill AVREs and Sherman BARVs were used until the 1960s when they were replaced with similar vehicles...
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    tank - several variations, including: Centurion Mk 5 Bridgelayer Centurion BARV Puma Sho't Ferret armoured car Light Tank Mk VI (Vickers) Marmon-Herrington...
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    M32 tank recovery vehicle (category M4 Sherman tanks)
    developed several armored recovery vehicles based on the M4 Sherman such as the AVRE and the BARV; however, the Ordnance Department did not wish to use these...
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    its purpose. Converted by American Loco in 1943 from M3A1 cast hull. M3 BARV A single M3A5 was converted into a "Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle". Yeramba...
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  • recovery vehicles (ARVs) were also converted from Shermans by the British as well as the specialist BARV (Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle) designed to push-off...
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    and could bear up to 80 tons. FV 4017 Centurion Mk 10 FV 4018 Centurion BARV (1963) Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle. The last Centurion variant to be...
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