Last year, the UK sent 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Poland as part of a deal to help Ukraine by freeing up capacity for Warsaw to supply its Soviet-era T-72 tanks to Kyiv.
On paper the UK boasts 227 Challenger 2 tanks but only about 60 are battle-ready. About 30 are in Estonia, with 14 bound for Ukraine.
Earlier this year, the UK committed 12 Challenger 2 tanks. What took Germany so long? Germany’s decision followed weeks of Western pressure, ending a period of deliberation in Berlin that has
Challenger 2 took the tole of the UK's main battle tank, and Challenger 1 was (as best as I can tell) basically moved straight to surplus. It may be worth noting that, while perhaps aesthetically a rather radical change, Challenger 1 and Challenger 2 did share a not-insignificant degree of commonality.
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
British Army Challenger 2 tanks on exercise in Oman, 2018. Ben Birchall - PA Images // Getty Images The U.K. has had tanks for more than a century, and in fact invented the concept of the tank as
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