The difference between the two tanks in the video is huge. The Challenger 2 in the video has an extra layer of reactive armor on the side of the turret and hull, and cage-like ' slat armor' surrounding the rear engine compartment-two upgrades that came about as a result of experience in the Iraq War. Armored protection is classified but is known to use so-called 'Chobham armor', a mixture of ceramic and metal composites also used in earlier versions of the M1 Abrams tank. It speeds along at up to 37 miles an hour, more than twice as fast as the Churchill, and has more than double the horsepower to weight ratio.Ĭhallenger 2 is armed with a 120-millimeter rifled anti-tank gun and, like the Churchill, it has two smaller 7.62-millimeter machine guns for engaging infantry, anti-tank missile crews, and light vehicles. At 27 feet long and 65 tons, it's more than fifty percent heavier than its ancestor the Churchill.

The Challenger 2 tank, which came into service in 1998, is the standard main battle tank of the British Army.

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