Previously undefeated in combat — as far as we know — a British-made Challenger 2 main battle tank has been knocked out for the first time, in Ukrainian hands. Most importantly, however, all four crew ...
(Bloomberg) -- A British-made Challenger 2 main battle tank was destroyed by enemy fire for the first time as Kyiv presses its counteroffensive against Russian troops in the occupied southeast. A ...
The United Kingdom's Challenger 2 main battle tank is heavier, weirder, and slower than its Western stablemates, the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2. But until this September, it retained a notable ...
The Ukrainian air assault force’s rare British-made Challenger 2 tanks have joined Ukraine’s military operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. It’s the latest sign that the Ukrainian operation in the ...
What's amazing about the first version of the Challenger is that it holds the record for the furthest sucessful tank kill ever carried out. During the Gulf War, the Challenger was able to blow up an ...
A British-made Challenger 2 tank was destroyed in combat in Ukraine, footage showed, marking the first time that one of the vehicles has been destroyed in combat. The Challenger 2, the British ...
A Ukrainian Challenger 2 with add-on glacis armor. The Ukrainian army has added protection to its British-made Challenger 2 tanks. The add-on armor, on the lower front of the 69-ton, four-person—the ...
Only one such tank, which entered combat in 1994, was hit in 2003 in Iraq, but that tank was destroyed in a friendly fire incident, not an enemy attack LONDON, September 5. /TASS/. The destruction of ...
Key Points and Summary - The UK is upgrading 148 Challenger 2 tanks into the new, more lethal Challenger 3 variant, which features a new turret and a NATO-standard 120mm smoothbore gun. -While this $1 ...
Despite being far from its imperial heights, Britain still has one of the world's foremost militaries with many analysts ranking it within the top five forces globally. It also has a lot of history ...
As part of its modernization efforts, the British Army decided to upgrade a relatively small number (148) of Challenger 2 tanks into the Challenger 3. The new tank will have a crew of four, ...
The British Army has pulled back the curtain on Challenger 3, its next main battle tank. It’s a remanufactured Challenger 2, brought up to modern standards. The U.K. will buy only 148 main battle ...