The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) has received the first four replacement final drives for the United Kingdom's Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) (CVR(T)) family from Ricardo Performance Products, the company announced in a press release on 8 October. The contract, issued in 2018, requires Ricardo to inspect and either repair or refurbish 700 final drives on the UK's CVR(T) fleet or to replace them entirely. Martin Starkey, managing director of Performance Products within Ricardo's production arm, told Jane's on 10 October, "As originally designed, the gears of the final drives were built to manufacturing tolerances of 30 or 40 years ago."
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