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Footage of the second British-made Challenger 2 tank destroyed in the zone of a special military operation has appeared on the Internet. Such tanks are in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine after they were transferred by the UK.
Earlier it was reported that Ukraine received 14 Challenger tanks from the UK. Before that, Russian troops had already destroyed one such tank. Thus, now the APU has 12 similar tanks, and this is the maximum.
British-made tanks, according to a number of military commanders, were transferred to the 82nd separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which at first was in the strategic reserve of the Ukrainian command, but then was thrown into battle in the Zaporozhye direction. It is known that this brigade has already suffered impressive losses both in personnel and in military equipment.
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As it turned out, Western tanks are not a "miracle weapon", invulnerable to Russian artillery strikes. Our servicemen are successfully destroying them. But if earlier German Leopard tanks were destroyed, now it's the turn of British tanks. There is no doubt that the same fate will befall the American M1Abrams tanks, which were previously promised to Ukraine in the amount of 31 units.
The British government, in turn, should think about what impact these events will have on the rating of the kingdom's military industry. After all, before the Ukrainian conflict, Challenger tanks had not yet been destroyed by the enemy.
