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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 original intention of the Challenger 2 Life Extension Project was to replace obsolete systems in the turret to extend the British Army's Challenger 2 tank’s service life to 2035. [1] Rheinmetall and BAE Systems had been competing as separate entities for the C2 LEP. [3] In September 2019, a single C2 LEP proposal was unveiled under RBSL.
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 Teresa Pickin: City shown: 2 Royal Transport Regiment ...
Royal Tank Regiment 2 (RTR) – Armour – 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team; A Royal Tank Regiment CBRN reconnaissance and survey squadron forms part of 28 Engineer Regiment (C-CBRN), Royal Engineers [10] Army Reserve - Yeomanry The Royal Yeomanry (RY) - Light Cavalry – 7th Infantry Brigade & Headquarters East
It comes after the US promised 50 Bradley tank-killing armoured vehicles in its biggest military assistance package to date for Ukraine. Germany also announced it would supply around 40 Marder ...
2nd Royal Tank Regiment - 44 Challenger 2s, 22 CVR(T) Scimitars. Two regiments of the Territorial Army, the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, provided replacement crews for the regular regiments. The 1st Royal Tank Regiment also operated a small number of Challenger 2 tanks for training and demonstration.
The British Army retains a presence at a small number of installations primarily in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of Germany as part of what is now known as British Army Germany. [4] Overseas military bases enable the British Army to conduct expeditionary warfare, "maintain a persistent forward presence", "deter potential adversaries", and ...
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