The troops travelled to Britain shortly after Rishi Sunak announced in January that the UK would send 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine. The MoD could not confirm the exact location of the tanks.
Yes, the Challenger is a highly capable tank but the UK can only spare around a dozen of them. Ukraine wants 300 tanks. Experts say if it gets 100 that will be enough to make a difference. BritainJoe Saballa March 10, 2023. 1 minute read. The British Army is left with only 157 Challenger 2 tanks ready to undertake operations within 30 days, fueling concerns that its operational capability might have been reduced by nearly a third. The number was disclosed during a UK Defence Committee meeting held earlier this week to discuss the Today, Germany's Leopard 2 and America's US M1 Abrams evolved, in part, from a joint tank development programme in the 1960s and '70s aimed at building a strong all-round tank. It yielded the MBT-70, a weapon that outclassed its Russian adversary in manoeuvrability, armour and armament. While the MBT-70 was abandoned due to cost, the Nato The Challenger 2 is the British Army’s main battle tank. In service since 1994, it is 62.5 tonnes, has a maximum on-road speed of 37mph and requires a crew of four: a commander, gunner, loader
Conclusion - 9.7 tank can easily kill frontally a Challenger 2 BN. Most 9.7 tanks can kill a M1A1 AIM frontally, that doesn't mean the M1A1 AIM should be 9.7. with 9.7 and 10.3 tanks doing so through the cheek turrets. Not a single tank in the entire game can penetrate a Challenger 2's turret cheeks, at any range, with any APFSDS.
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