Type 84
{{Short description|Chinese armored recovery vehicle}}
File:Chinese Type 653 ARV 2.JPG
The Type 84 is an armoured recovery vehicle based on the Type 79 tank, entering service with the PLA Army in 1984. The Type 84 features a powered structure controlling a dozer blade at the front of the hull and a hydraulically powered crane. The crane is capable of lifting up to 70 tons.{{cite web|title=Chinese Type 653 ARV|url=http://www.military-vehicle-photos.com/picture/number5040.asp|accessdate=2013-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516125455/http://www.military-vehicle-photos.com/picture/number5040.asp|archive-date=2013-05-16|url-status=live}}
The previous variant based on the Type 69 was designated as Type 653.{{cite web|url = http://www.sinodefence.com/army/engineer/type84_recovery.asp|title = Type 84 Armoured Recovery Vehicle|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050813081627/http://www.sinodefence.com/army/engineer/type84_recovery.asp|archive-date = 13 August 2005|website = Chinese Defence Today|date = 22 June 2003|url-status = dead}}
Users
- {{flag|Bangladesh}}:20
- {{flag|China}}
- {{KUR}}{{sfn|Military Balance 2016|p=491}}
- {{flag|Myanmar}}:18{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
- {{flag|Pakistan}}{{cite encyclopedia|date=12 March 2002|encyclopedia=Jane's Armour and Artillery 2002-2003|title=NORINCO Type 69 MBT|first=Christopher F.|last=Foss}}
- {{flag|Tanzania}}:5 Type-84A delivered in 2014{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=Trade Registers |publisher=Armstrade.sipri.org |date= |accessdate=1 January 2015}}
- {{flag|Thailand}}
See also
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Sources
- {{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2016 |date=February 2016 |volume=116 |isbn=978-1-85743-835-2 |publisher=Routledge |ref={{harvid|Military Balance 2016}} |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}
Category:Tracked armoured recovery vehicles
Category:Armoured fighting vehicles of the People's Republic of China
Category:Military vehicles introduced in the 1980s
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