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The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30) was a British tank of World War II. It mounted the QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun on a chassis derived from the Cromwell tank to add anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank units. The design compromises made in fitting the large gun onto the Cromwell chassis resulted in a tank with a powerful weapon and reduced ...
2 Royal Tank Regiment prepares to deploy to the Gulf. GERMANY. 21/01/2003: Credit/Provider: CROWN COPYRIGHT: Source: Army: Short title: 1 Div.03.001. CHALL2FLAG. Pre-Deployment to the Gulf; Image title: 2 Royal Tank Regiment prepares to deploy to the Gulf. Shown here the Challenger 2 Tank, main battle tank on Hohne Ranges, Germany. Author: SGT ...
English: Soldiers of 1 A Squadron, Queens Royal Lancers (QRL) patrolling outside Basra, Iraq onboard a Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank during Operation Telic 4. Organization: MOD; Object Name: d078d198; Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Vehicles, Combat, Challenger
There have been four tanks named Challenger in British military service. Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger in service during World War II; Challenger 1 in service from the mid-1980s to early 21st century; Challenger 2 in service from 1998 onwards; Challenger 3 in development; predicted to enter service from 2027 onwards
The Challenger 2 is the third vehicle of this name, the first being the A30 Challenger, a World War II design using the Cromwell tank chassis with a 17-pounder gun. The second was the Persian Gulf War era Challenger 1, which was the British army's main battle tank (MBT) from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.
The Challenger 2 forms the core of the Army's heavy tank units today. The Challenger 2 is the main tank currently being used today by the British military in combat situations. It is renowned for its durability and endurance. Only one has ever been recorded as destroyed, of which was due to a friendly fire incident involving another Challenger ...
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Tortoise heavy assault tank – a very heavy armoured tank for use in breaching fixed defences in Europe; Valiant – a heavily armoured but small assault tank intended for use in the war in the Far East. Alecto – a self-propelled gun on a light tank chassis; TOG1 – tank design suitable for crossing shelled areas and trenches; TOG2