Only a few months ago the UK promised to supply 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, a move which helped persuade other western nations to supply their own tanks to aid the fight against the Russian An MoD spokesman said that as of July 2012 - the most up-to-date figures available - there were 501 horses and 334 tanks, which includes the Challenger 2 main battle tank. A British military document from 2001 indicated that the British Army would not procure a replacement for the Challenger 2 because of a lack of conventional warfare threats in the foreseeable future. The obsolescence of the tank has been asserted, but the history of the late 20th and early 21st century suggested that MBTs were still necessary. The Government plans to deploy British Challenger 2 tanks to Poland so Warsaw can send some of its own Soviet-era, T-72 tanks across the border to the Ukrainian army. An £800 million (US$1.3 billion) contract to upgrade the British Army’s Challenger main battle tank was recently awarded to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land, with the aim of producing the ‘most lethal tank in Europe’. But will the Challenger 3 programme fare better than some of the United Kingdom’s other recent armoured-vehicle efforts? . The Warrior has the speed and performance to keep up with a Challenger 2 main battle tank over the most difficult terrain. The vehicle is fitted with a two-man GKN Sankey turret, armed with a non- stabilized L21A1 30 mm RARDEN cannon capable of destroying some APCs at a maximum range of 1,500 m (1,600 yd), and an L94A1 EX-34 7.62 mm Hughes This chart shows the number of Leopard 2, Challenger 2 and M1 Abrams tanks for Ukraine shipped out per country (as of August 2023). as well as 14 Challenger 2 tanks from the United Kingdom. The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank (MBT) of the United Kingdom from the 1960s into 1990s. When introduced, it was among the most heavily armed MBTs of the era, mounting a 120 mm Royal Ordnance L11 gun, the equal of the much larger specialist heavy tanks then in service. It also was among the most heavily armoured, with up to 195 mm Challenger 2 is an advanced main battle tank built by BAE Systems Land Systems (formerly Vickers Defence Systems, then Alvis Vickers Ltd). The tank is in service with the British Army and with the Royal Army of Oman. The UK placed orders for 127 Challenger 2 tanks in 1991 and an additional 259 in 1994. In 1993 Oman ordered 18 Challenger 2 tanks TIL a British Challenger 2 tank was hit directly by 14 RPGs and an anti-tank missile in Iraq. The crew was uninjured and the tank was back in operation 6 hours later. Another survived 70 RPG hits. Only 1 Challenger 2 has been destroyed in combat; by another Challenger 2 in a friendly fire incident.

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