The DCL comes as a replacement for the AMX-30 D in the role of a recovery and repair tank for battle tanks over 50 tonnes. Nexter designates it DNG (Dépanneur Nouvelle Génération, "next generation repair"); the French Army uses the term DCL (Dépanneur du Char Leclerc, "Leclerc tank repair").
The main role of the DCL is tugging disabled tanks out of a battle zone; its secondary roles include repairing damaged tanks, and helping in military engineering. For these roles, it is fitted with a crane which allows removing a tank turret, and a bulldozer blade.
20 DCL are currently in service in the French Army. One is deployed in South Lebanon in support of the 13 Leclerc tanks of the UNIFIL. 46 DCL are in service in the United Arab Emirates.
char, dépannage, armoured, recovery, vehicle, built, upon, chassis, leclerc, battle, tank, during, military, parade, july, 2006, paristypearmoured, recovery, vehicleplace, originfranceservice, historyused, byfranceuaeproduction, historydesignernexterdesigned19. The Char de depannage DNG DCL is an armoured recovery vehicle built upon the chassis of the Leclerc battle tank Char de depannage DNG DCLDCL during the military parade of 14 July 2006 in ParisTypeArmoured recovery vehiclePlace of originFranceService historyUsed byFranceUAEProduction historyDesignerNexterDesigned1991ManufacturerNexterProduced1994 2000sNo built66SpecificationsMass59 tonnes 1 Length9 15 mWidth3 40 mHeight2 60 mCrew3Armourcab armored to protect against small arms fire up to 14 5 mmMainarmament1 12 7 mm machine gun20 smoke dischargersEngineMTU MT 883 Ka 500 V12 turbocompressed diesel engine1500 hpPower weight25 4 hp tonneTransmissionRenk HSWL 295TMSuspensionOleopneumatic suspensionOperationalrange700 kmMaximum speed65 km hThe DCL comes as a replacement for the AMX 30 D in the role of a recovery and repair tank for battle tanks over 50 tonnes Nexter designates it DNG Depanneur Nouvelle Generation next generation repair the French Army uses the term DCL Depanneur du Char Leclerc Leclerc tank repair The main role of the DCL is tugging disabled tanks out of a battle zone its secondary roles include repairing damaged tanks and helping in military engineering For these roles it is fitted with a crane which allows removing a tank turret and a bulldozer blade 20 DCL are currently in service in the French Army One is deployed in South Lebanon in support of the 13 Leclerc tanks of the UNIFIL 46 DCL are in service in the United Arab Emirates Equipment editMain winch 180m long 35 tonnes tugging Secondary winch 230m 1 3 tonne Crane 30 tonnes lifting 3 4 metre bulldozer blade Diesel generator 20 DREB smoke generators 1 x 12 7 mm machine gun 2 Notes and references edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Char de depannage DNG DCL http www military kits com sections php op viewarticle amp artid 16 dead link in French Page du DCL Archived December 4 2008 at the Wayback Machine sur le site officiel de l armee de terre GIAT chars francais net nbsp This military vehicle article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Char de depannage DNG DCL amp oldid 1072810055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
