![]() ![]() ![]() Fortunately the crew only received light injuries and was able to return to the base due to the use of explosive reactive armour on the hull underside that absorbed the RPG projectile. In August 2006 in Iraq a Challenger 2 received a direct hit from an RPG-29 on its underside hull armour. The Challengers four man crew is protected by the 2nd generation Chobham armour package. The British MBT still uses a rifled 120mm gun due to the premium reliance of High Explosive Squash Heads (HESH). This 62-ton monster was a direct and drastic improvement on the Challenger 1 and came into service in 1993. A support package with spares for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles already in Ukrainian service.The Challenger 2 or the FV4034 is a 3rd generation MBT of UK armed forces.Hundreds of "sophisticated missiles," which will include 227mm Guided Multiple Launch System (GMLRS) rockets that can be fired from M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and variants and derivatives of the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Starstreak surface-to-air missiles, and examples of an unknown type of "medium range air defense missile.".Dozens of uncrewed aerial systems, specifically "to support Ukrainian artillery.".A maneuver support package "that includes minefield breaching and bridging capabilities.".Hundreds of other armored vehicles, including an unspecified number of FV432 Mk 3 Bulldogs. ![]() A battery of eight AS-90s self-propelled howitzers, with plans already to send two additional batteries worth of these mobile guns in the near future (Ukraine is expected to receive 30 in total).Around 14 Challenger 2 tanks together with armored recovery and repair vehicles (equivalent to one British Army armored squadron). ![]()
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