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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.
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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
