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VT-72M4 CZ recovery tank
VT-72M4 CZ recovery tank is a modernization of the tank VT-72B to a level compatible with the battle tanks T-72M4 CZ and T-72M4 CZ-W.
It is mainly used for:
- recovery of stuck, buried, rolled over and submerged vehicles,
- the towing of crashed or damaged technology in various terrains,
- performing necessary terrain modifications in relation with salvage,
- providing technical aid to the crews of the damaged vehicles.
Main parts:
- the undercarriage and the drive assembly,
- the tank hull with the addition and the purposeful special equipment (the main and the auxiliary winch, crane, the coil assembly, the load platform, the ploughshare, welding equipment),
- special equipment (thermal smoke equipment, equipment for the protection against the effects of weapons of mass destruction, fire-fighting equipment, the tank‘s underwater driving system),
- connecting means,
- equipment and accessories.
The extent of the modernization:
- a new drive assembly with an automatic transmission,
- increased ballistic and passive protection,
- modification of the control equipment, the driver's instrument panel, the electrical installation, diagnostics and navigation,
- driver's and Commander's modernized monitoring equipment, two new portable noctovision monitoring devices, three colour cameras for better crew orientation,
- a new camouflage summer and winter set and a camouflage mat for thermal camouflage,
- modernized connection means of the external and internal connection.
Technical parameters:
| Dimensions | 8 420 x 3 660 x 2 640 mm |
| Battle weight | 51 500 kg |
| Crew | 2 osoby (Commander, driver) |
| Rated output | 14 kW/t |
| Rated pressure | 110 kPa |
| Maximum speed on a road | 61 km/h |
| Crane’s maximum load | 19 000 kg |
| Max. pull of the main winch | 300 kN (up to 900 kN through two pulleys) |
| Max. pull of the auxiliary winch | 10 kN, working length of the cable 400 m |
| Max. pull of the coil assembly | 200 kN, working length of the cable 200 m |
| Load platform‘s maximum load | 4 000 kg |
| Ploughshare output | 126 m3 |
| Vehicle munitions | Antiaircraft machine gun NSVT caliber 12.7 mm |
| Ammunition unit of fire | |
| Rounds for the antiaircraft machine gun | 600 ks |
| Rounds for the machine gun | 360 ks |
| Antitank projectile RPG-75 | 2 ks |
| Hand grenades F-1 | 9 ks |
| Hand smoke grenades | 4 ks |
| The drive assembly | |
| Engine | Perkins CV 12-1000 |
| Maximum output | 736 kW |
| Engine speed at maximum power | 2300/min |
| Transmission | Automatic XTG 411-6-N |
