The British Supply Challenger 2 tank was destroyed in Ukraine a video circulating online appears to show a destroyed Challenger 2 main battle tank which was provided to Ukraine by the United Kingdom it would be the first time that one of these tanks has ever been lost to enemy fire the unverified clip was filmed from a car passing the wreck of a destroyed tank with its main gun protruding from clouds of black smoke
its distinctive turret appears to be that of a Challenger 2 which has a thermal vision system housed in this area the soldiers of the car can be heard cursing with Ukrainian accents another destroyed tank which appears to be a Soviet designed t-64 can also be seen a little further down the road online sources sharing the video claim that it was filmed near the village of rabatino in Zappa Rosie region there have been
intense battles in the vicinity of this settlement in recent weeks as Ukrainian forces pushed forward to capture it one of the Ukrainian units involved in the operation was the elite 82nd Air Assault Brigade which was armed with four Challenger 2 tanks as the UK helped Kiev to gear up for the summer counter-offensive the vehicle in the footage may have been one of those tanks the UK has pledged to deliver 14
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Challenger 2 tanks to Kiev though some Ukrainian officials claim to have been promised double that number the Russian defense Ministry has not reported the destruction of any of them as it has in relation to other western-made armor such as the leper 2 tank or Bradley infantry Fighting Vehicle the only other time that a challenger 2 has been destroyed in combat during more than two decades of operational history
involved a friendly fire incident during the 2003 invasion of Iraq the Queen's Royal enemy vehicle by another Challenger 2 from the second Royal tank regiment outside basara it fired and the single gun round hit the turret killing two crew members and destroying the vehicle .
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