Credit: MODĬhallenger 2 has additional impressive features, some high tech and others, like its ability to create a smokescreen by injecting diesel into its exhausts, more mechanical. 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.
Inside it, four highly trained crew members each with individual responsibilities that when put together – like a perfect orchestra – bring the weapon to its maximum, deadly effectiveness.įor a weapon such as the Challenger 2 to be brought to bear, everything from the initial drawings of its design to the corps-specific elite training of the soldiers fortunate enough to operate it must be precision perfect. The hairs on the back of a bystander’s neck stand to attention when its driver puts his foot down and the explosive roar of its 26-litre diesel engine lets rip, driving the axels that move the tracks of the 65 tonnes of armour forward. Nothing shakes the ground like a Challenger 2.
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