Britain’s Challenger 2 tank has a reputation for being extremely hard to destroy – in fact, until very recently, the only Challenger ever lost in combat was destroyed by friendly fire from another Challenger. That’s hardly surprising, when you realise that this tank has maybe the best armour in the world and one of the most accurate cannons. But in an historic piece of footage, the Russians scored a confirmed kill on one of the 14 Challenger 2s the UK donated to Ukraine. How did they do it? We examine the tape, get hands-on with the Challenger and speak to a commander to find out.
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American 120mm Heat rounds are not used against other tanks. They're used against lighter armored vehicles like IFVs and APCs. U.S. tankers engage other tanks with APFSDSDU-T rounds.
Russia, producing 125 tanks a month, 2000 still available, UK, we've only got a 127 in total, how that does not ring alarm bells I'll never know, and no budget to produce anymore as most of the UK budget is funding boats crossing from France as the French are weak
Because they HIDE the Challenger 2 Tank. That video is created by Propaganda AI or people with no brain. Who select that Title?
Because Britain rules … Just don’t lose it. Keep your country
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British propaganda media getting high from their owned propaganda..😂😂😂
They were very easy for Russia to destroy, a small, cheap drone destroyed them as fast as they were found….Also Abrams and Leopard. though the Challenger was very easy to destroy.
It's hard because they hardly get to see one. Not just the Russians, the same is true for the Ukrainians and the British. There, now you know why.
wow 14
even tiger 1 and tiger 2 were destroyed
Simple, because they don't go out on the battlefield.
No tank is invincible
seasoned brit tankers in ukr would be different story ukr tankers have little experience in challys…
Bovingdon. Not a secret.
Russians aren't making new tanks everything many of them are refurbished. No one is seeing armatad rolling off the line.
He didn't mention that the ammo cooked off. You could tell that because the turret had been knocked of the turret race
Becouse they are so few, nobody saw them.
This video just got uploaded and still aged like milk
It is very rare to see Challengers on the frontlines
It is always the Leopards and the Abrams at the front, that is why they are getting destroyed more often
Ukrainians would rather sacrifice an Abrams because its maintenance costs are too high, spare parts are overpriced, and consumes more diesel, it’s not worth recalling them after a mission, if they survive the lines of contact
They’d rather abandon it rather than try to save it
Funny how easily they are taken out by cheap drones
Is it because the Challenger does not have an effective anti personnel main armament round like the HEAT MP-T or AMP (advanced multi purpose)?????
HESH is pretty useless in that role. So on the front line with lots of enemy infantry the Abrams and Leo would be more useful using HEAT MP-T or AMP?
The animation at 6:38 may need reconsideration🤣🤣
As a former armoured corp soldier of 10 years…
I am not sure who told you or where you researched the CHALLENGER 2 MBT was the best in the world.
My guess a U.K source, or a U.K member of the MoD ..
If it was? Then, 100% to that soldier like with any nation, they believe in the capabilities of the veh they are operating..
It's hard to find a non biased Top 10 list.. many are propaganda..
My conversations with Tank crews world wide. NCOs (never ask an officer or a Trooper)..
They dont have the experience, time or knowledge an enlisted person has….
Your delivery however with your topic, was well executed…
Now I watched it all the way, and your a civie and for that reason, it's hard to find real unclassified defence capabilities, most that are released to the public of actively used vehicle by militaries is never the true info.. for national security ..
Anyways mate well done.
Challenger 2 was part of the Kursk invasion
"it's joked the BV is the most important part of the tank"
No… that's no joke. Try running the british army without Tea and see what happens!!!!
I have to confess. Although I am an Orc, sometimes I like to listen the British propaganda. It's probably hard to explain to English-speaking people. But I like the way they sometimes pronounce CHAllenger and Bladimyr PFutin with that specific emphasis. Otherwise, the British are, of course, bloodthirsty, but funny, like movie villains for us, for Orcs.
The exhaust screen shields the tank from enemy observation, NOT from fire.
Cheers, Commander Wood! Well done, Sir!
Yes, but they have very different philosophies. During the Cold War nato tanks were designed to be able to be more survivable and to hold out longer because it might take longer for nato tanks to get replaced while Russian tanks were designed to put into service as fast as possible and overwhelm the enemy. Both were designed for the plains of Eastern Europe. It’s also understood that most likely nato powers would have air superiority. Russian tanks also have arguably one big flaw is the design of the auto loader in Russian tanks that weren’t designed to do the modern fighting they’re doing.
not hard at all. like any other tank. especially now with optical fiber operating FPV drones, where you can precisely aim at any tanks weak point.
Fiber optic drones –> engine compartment –> combat effectivness = gone
thank go sleep "journalist"
I think your stats are out of date. Intel says Russia only managed to build 240 new ones last year.
Since when did Ukraine actually deploy it. We saw M1 and Leo 2. Perhaps the Ghost of Kiev is driving them.
англичане с Челенджером обгадились……………икакой идиот будет покупать за дорого консервную банку??????????????????
Different story on war thunder 😂
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Is this why the UK has a £22BN black hole?
Challenger 3 will have a smooth bore main armament to be inline with all other NATO tanks. The new smooth bore barrels are being made by Reinmetal in Germany.
From memory, having seen this footage months ago…. The tank hit a mine, the crew got out and fled and then it was shelled with artillery though I can't remember if it was Russian or Ukrainian arty.
It's true that M1 do not have any doughnut equipment not Cola also, and the Germen do not provide bacon in their Leopard ,neither two of them.
The title is a joke
they just had to downplay everything to make it as if it is so hard for the russian to destroy Challenger 2. ukraine only got 14 and already lost 3 , obviously they cant afford to lost the remaining challenger2 they have and place it away from the frontline
British cope.
One feed says that the British Challenger is the best "ever". But if you continue watching another feed will tell you that the ruzzain Armatta is the best tank. Then the next feed tells you that the American, or israeli tank is the best. I tire watching all these videos and still wonder which tank I'd rather be in on a battlefield.
But……
Slava Ukraine 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼
"So hard to destroy" this is utter BS. We know all tanks are not invincible and the Challenger tank being invincible is a MYTH its just a propaganda created by media like this one.
In reality it only takes a lancet and fiber optic drones to destroy this tanks. It has a very obvious weakness that Russian troops already knew so it not hard to kill.
Medias like these things people are still dumb.
Ha ha, wishful thinking !!
😂😂😂😂😂Please. Those ancient British tanks have no drone-protections at all. 🤓