British Army Challenger 2 Tank Convoy 2016

[@kempet]

0:20 what a sight - even watching it through YT gives me chills!

[@CobraEmergency]

Blimey they do move fast. I appreciate your enthusiasm to catch them!

[@BritishFreedom]

The only tank in the world that doesn't even flinch 1 inch when firing.

[@eliaskotzakidis8773]

So true!

[@steffiebee5224]

7 rounds in a minute when firing on the move, providing you have a good loader and gunner. I miss driving these. I remember being on SPTA on ex, we went static and whilst my gunner was scanning, a family of 4 pulled up a meters to my right and started picnicing. Pmsl. My commander was spitting turkeys. The desert and green mean that these wagons are from combined arms. I know this because i was demo sqn. Good times.

[@BritishFreedom]

@@steffiebee5224 My Uncle was in The Royal Scots Dragoons. He had a passion for this machine.

[@BritishFreedom]

@MODIFIED MAYHEM No.

[@adolflenin4973]

@@BritishFreedom BritishRule!

[@tpochep]

That's a good looking tank! Thanks for sharing this video!

[@sidscrote7570]

Nice one Dave ! ( from a long retired Saracen driver).

[@oldbaldguy6151]

Brilliant. We go up SP in the summer hoping to bump into these! :)

[@Puzzoozoo]

For such a large vehicle they move quite fast.

[@rayhan_2k841]

Puzzoozoo 30-40 mph on and off road

[@Puzzoozoo]

Impressive for a 60 ton tank.

[@bencowie3141]

Shame fat people can't move that fast

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@Puzzoozoo more like 75 tonnes with the new armour upgrades but with 1,200 brake horsepower they can still move when they need to alright

[@liam3229]

@Bruce Hamilton Its 37 MPH.

[@johnnydiamondsmusic1673]

I drove a Challenger Armoured Recovery in Germany when I was with Reme. Pretty fast.

[@steffiebee5224]

Where were you based? I was Sennelager.

[@ianmaw66]

Very cool video thanks mate.

[@kevinlutz2679]

Outstanding!

[@nobbytang]

Woah ...these tanks says clearly to me " f-ck off out of my way or l will flatten ya ".....love em !!

[@williamallen4954]

The best Tank in the world.FULL STOP.

[@corruptcape2776]

not even close lmfao

[@AWESTERNWHITEMAN.BOSH.]

@@corruptcape2776 Tell me why not?

[@corruptcape2776]

@@AWESTERNWHITEMAN.BOSH. Outdated gun, flat sided turret armour, engine is diesel therefore louder, outdated thermals and night vision, the list goes on.

[@laMoort]

oh they can drive very fast! i wouldn't recommend tailgating them tho :D Thanks for the vids Dave

[@Xyzabc998]

Subaru - Challenger challenge? It's such a boy thing but they look and sound damn good. Thanks for this.

[@raymondsawyer8626]

Superb

[@adolflenin4973]

THE CHAMPION!

[@richiesquest3283]

Looks like salisbury plain ?

[@bikelifewill6483]

It is

[@bulletproofguy5112]

Th green and sand colours cool, was that to save money not painting it all one colour lol.

[@thewomble1509]

The green and sand scheme shows that those particular tanks are either on their way to or have just come back from BATUS in Alberta, Canada, the Armies largest training area and have yet to be re painted.

[@markfryer9880]

Any idea as to why some where travelling main gun forward and others main gun stowed? Cant believe just how close to public roads these guys exercise, here in Oz our armour is either deep in Puckapunyal or way up North.

[@Brecconable]

They are probably on the way to a firing range. The one with gun secure may not be firing.

[@jasefarquhar]

Mark Fryer it gives the gunner an easy ride. They can just sit back relax and have a snooze while on route to anything if they don't have to 'keep an eye' on the gun

[@kevin4878]

Mark Fryer there's no specific reason to why a few are gun front or rear, could be a myriad of reasons to be honest. Even commanders choice.

[@CSMSnake]

I used to be a crewman on an M1 Abrams years ago and we would stow the main gun over the back deck simply to prevent damage to the main gun from other vehicles traveling about the motorpool. Why these guys were driving with the gun over the back deck may be a couple of reasons. One is the last vehicle in the platoon usually utilizes a rear over-watch as a means for covering your 6. Another reason could be that's how they pulled out of the motorpool. Commanders choice. Those are my experiences but we all have our own reasons.

[@markfryer9880]

Max Bauer Thanks for your input. It would seem that there were no travel instructions issued for the movement to the firing range, to practice convoy techniques.

[@Ric0chetAus]

I'm not sure about the last few tank commanders, I think they've had a couple of speysides

[@skyblue1954]

it might be the recording but they dont seem as loud as the abrams

[@1IbramGaunt]

Just diesel engines, no gas turbines, GOOD ones though, 1,200bhp Perkins-Caterpillar "Condor" V12 diesel with six forward gears and two reverse gears. Can do anything up to 40mph on a flat surface, not bad for a 75 ton vehicle

[@silverfortytwo9506]

The sound produced by the Abram's turbine engine is higher in frequency, so it usually sounds louder in recordings and pierces through noise better. The diesel on the Challenger 2 produces a much lower frequency sound which probably isn't picked up so well on phone microphones, although it will carry over a longer distance.

[@thewomble1509]

@@1IbramGaunt Rolls Royce- Perkins- Caterpillar..............

[@thewomble1509]

@@1IbramGaunt 61 ton vehicle in base configuration.

[@jamesthompson3674]

How many Challenger 2 Tanks do we have left now??

[@matthewrhodes9445]

James Thompson still the same amount as we did at the beginning but half has been in storage for costs but operating is about 250 while 200 are mothballed

[@archstanton1628]

Thought we had a couple of hull losses due to blue on blue?

[@martincruickshank9830]

@@matthewrhodes9445 WTF you about? There are 400-500 OPERATIONAL Cr2s.

[@martincruickshank9830]

@@archstanton1628 Olny 1.

[@a39tortoise40]

@@martincruickshank9830 there used to be. Only 200 to 250 now.

[@bulletproofguy5112]

They sound so mean.

[@karlfessey9731]

Perkins.. 26.12...litre

[@DieyoungDiefast]

Looks like Land Warfare center vehicles heading towards the Bustard vedette

[@fanda789]

Jedou honit pastevce.