The rationale behind the U.K. offering a small package of Challenger 2 tanks was almost overtly to demolish the most recent of Germany’s excuses for not doing the right thing,” said Keir Giles
A 20-year veteran of the Royal Tank Regiment, Lt. Col. Stuart Crawford told The Times that the British Army was now “hopelessly under-equipped. They [tanks] are so few in number and there are no
28 March 2023 at 4:23 am · 1-min read. British-supplied Challenger 2 main battle tanks will soon begin combat missions in Ukraine, the country’s defence minister said. Oleksii Reznikov said the “fantastic” tanks has “recently” arrived in Ukraine. The UK promised 14 of the vehicles to Ukraine, a move which helped persuade other Britain has committed £2.3bn in military aid to Ukraine and supplied thousands of anti-tank weapons, artillery systems and missiles since Russia launched its full-scale invasion almost a year ago.
FV4034 Challenger 2 is a British main battle tank (MBT) currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. It was designed and built by the British company Vickers Defence Systems (now known as BAE Systems Land and Armaments). The manufacturer advertises it as the world's most reliable main battle tank. As of January 2008, two Challenger 2s have been damaged in combat, and
The UK nominally has 227 Challenger 2 tanks, which, after two decades, are at the end of their life, although the total deployable force is understood to be half that. Explore more on these topics
With talk of the Royal Armoured Corps' 227 Challenger 2 tanks being mothballed, BFBS explores what exactly makes up the UK’s armoured contingent of main battle tank and hears from experts as to whether discussions around the obsolete nature of this genre of warfare are fair. This is all the gen on Britain’s tanks. ZbzKez.
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