Shut up about the Challenger 2
May 4, 2024
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as posted by the channel"I'll do a shorter video, one that'll only take me about a week to throw together"
-Lazerpig on the 3rd of March before writing a 45-page script, then having to re-write half of it twice.
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Before the T-14 Dramarta rolled onto the scene, the most controversial tank in the modern military enthusiast's meme catalog was the Challenger 2.
Much slated for being expensive, over-weight, with a frontal plate so weak it could be penetrated by cannons from World War Two, and a gun that couldn't compete with modern armor.
It was seen as a tank that was, impressive for its time in theory, but built by a cash-strapped former world power and thus had fallen far below the standard, an upgrade, to an upgrade, to an upgrade that no one in the British army had ever wanted to begin with and only tolerated out of a sense of national pride.
But is any of that true?
Long-term fans of my channel can probably guess the answer.
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Noted errors:
The "Streetfighter" upgrade doesn't exist, it was a made-up name in a report by Capt Tom Quant and basically involved painting the tank in a more snazzy camouflage.
The actual upgrade package is called TES (Theatre Entry Standard) and includes other upgrades like a remote gun on the turret roof and an absolute bollock-load of ERA.
The ammunition is three-piece, not two-piece.
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Jerome Starkey The Sun Newspaper
Nial Edworthy Main Battle Tank
Stuart Crawford Tank CommanderFrom the Cold War to the Gulf and Beyond
@UNITED24media About British Challenger 2 Tank in action 🇺🇦 & First Challenger 2 destroyed on frontline 🇺🇦
Covert Cabal How Many Artillery Does Russia Have Feb 2024 Storage Bases
RUSI Russian Military Objectives and Capacity in Ukraine Through 2024
RUSI The Attritional Art of WarLessons from the Russian War on Ukraine
Sam Skove Defense One
KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984)
Ben Wallace Defence in a competitive age
Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate
The Telegraph Boris BerezovskyVladimir Putin himself could have written this judgement
BBC Russian network that 'paid European politicians' busted, authorities claim
Catherine Belton Putin's People
The Tank Museum Tank Chats #92 The Challenger 2
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