The player, who went by the handle Pyrophoric, reportedly shared an image on the War Thunder forum of the tank’s specs that were pulled from the Challenger 2’s Army Equipment Support A little wiki on the 130mm and this tank: Rheinmetall introduced a larger Rh-130 130 mm L/51 tank gun at Eurosatory 2016 in June 2016. Development commenced in 2015, financed entirely using internal funding, as a response to the Russian introduction of new generation armored vehicles like the T-14 Armata tank, and the first technical demonstrator (TD) was completed in May 2016. Top speed was 37 mph (60 km/h) on road and about 25 mph (40 km/h) cross country. Field performances showed the Challenger 2 could climb a 60% Gradient or a 0.9 m vertical step, stay stable on a 30% side slope and cross a trench 2.34 m wide or ford 1.07 m without preparation. It had a ground clearance of 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in). The United Kingdom three days later announced its own donation. “Sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine is the start of a gear change in the U.K.’s support,” the U.K. government stated. “A A British tank given to Ukraine has been destroyed during fighting against invading Russian forces, the PA news agency has been told. A defence source said it was likely the first time a Challenger 2 had been disabled by enemy action. The last time one of the heavily-armoured battle vehicles had been destroyed is thought to have been during Germany confirmed on Tuesday that 18 Leopard 2A6 tanks, along with ammunition, spare parts and two armored recovery vehicles, had arrived in Ukraine. Sean Gallup/Getty Images. Deliveries of the Challenger 3 tank concept. The British Army will receive 148 upgraded Challenger 3 tanks as part of an £800 million contract awarded to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) by the UK's Ministry of Defence. The almost 30-year-old Challenger 2 tank, which will be dubbed Challenger 3 after the upgrade is completed, will be fitted with the latest How many Leopard 2 tanks does Germany have? What sending 14 battle tanks to Ukraine means for the Russia war matching the number of British Army Challenger 2 battle tanks But there was In total, there are around 2,000 Leopard 2 vehicles spread across Europe, at different levels of readiness. Earlier this year, the UK committed 12 Challenger 2 tanks. xJV2v0a.

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