Drone_pilot
14-09-05, 01:10
At £5.6m a piece, the UK's main battle tank, the Challenger 2, is an expensive piece of kit but, as BBC News Online discovered, it is not a great environment to work in, especially in the stifling heat of the Iraqi desert.
War is never an easy business, but for the crews of the British Challenger 2 tanks in action in Iraq this is an especially hard campaign.
The British Army has 40 of these 61-ton behemoths, many of which are in the front line near Basra.
They replaced their predecessors, the Challenger 1, in 1994.
More Info (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2903273.stm)
War is never an easy business, but for the crews of the British Challenger 2 tanks in action in Iraq this is an especially hard campaign.
The British Army has 40 of these 61-ton behemoths, many of which are in the front line near Basra.
They replaced their predecessors, the Challenger 1, in 1994.
More Info (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2903273.stm)