Lots of battle tanks and armoury transported to Europe for NATO exercise 🪖

Watch multiple Challenger 2 battle tanks and various other armoured vehicles with the British Army being transported by MetCalfe Farms (and others). The vehicles were loaded on to trains at the channel tunnel to participate in NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender. The first convoy is shown from several angles.
Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks of the Kings Royal Hussars have been transported to Germany for Exercise Combined Resolve, while the Royal Tank Regiment are deployed in Poland for a total of 51 tanks. As well as Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicles (CRARRV) of the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers (REME).
Additionally, Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles have been deployed for participation in a number of exercises under Steadfast Defender, including Combined Resolve. These were accompanied by Warrior Mechanized Combat Repair Vehicles (MCRV) of REME.
This also includes Bulldog Armoured Personnel Carriers that are not armed with a main gun like the Warriors or Challengers.
These vehicles were transported by MetCalfe Farms, Kings Heavy Haulage, Nick Sampson Mechanical Engineering, FTX Logistics (using British Army Oshkosh 1070F Heavy Equipment Transporters), RLC Transport, and Cook Transport.
Exercise Steadfast Defender is the largest NATO military exercise to be held since the Cold War. Over 90,000 troops are participating with over 1,200 combat vehicles, over 80 aircraft and over 50 naval assets from all 32 allies, including Sweden. Armed forces traveled by road, sea and air.
All Exercise Steadfast Defender videos, including other convoys: • Exercise Steadfast Def...
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Recorded: April / May 2024
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[@CobraEmergency]

All Exercise Steadfast Defender videos, including other convoys: kzbin.info/aero/PLnAhJyL1opj4esbwIQ5azIdn4C-VSIt9u

[@Echo-01]

That disruptive digital camouflage looks amazing!

[@maisondeau]

Equipment maintenance and standards are shocking. Those Challengers look like they've come out of BATUS and never been cleaned or repainted.

[@CobraEmergency]

Note that only 6 of the 51 tanks deployed are shown at the beginning. 5 of which are shot from multiple angles.

[@shoenewt]

In order of appearance, but resorting to vehicle registration. 6x Challenger 2, 1x Panther, 1x Land Rover Wolf, 1x Oshkosh HET, 1x FV513 Mechanised Recovery Vehicle, 1x CRARRV, 18x FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier, 27x FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle, 7x FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle. DS 29 AA, Challenger 2 62 KK 88, Challenger 2 DT 04 AA, Challenger 2 DR 99 AA, Challenger 2 DS 48 AA, Challenger 2 FC 60 AB, Panther CLV PM 60 AA, Land Rover Wolf HF 04 AAY, Oshkosh HET HF 04 AAY, King GTS100/7 HET Semi-Trailer 43 KG 81 (Consort), FV513 Mechanised Recovery Vehicle 70 KG 66, Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle 13 EA 29, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 02 FA 85, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 00 EE 97, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 00 FA 64, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier DS 81 AA (Dreadnaught), Challenger 2 (Royal Tank Regiment, Dreadnaught Squadron, SHQ) 39 KG 21, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 41 KG 16, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 14 EA 23, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 03 FA 46, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 35 KG 93, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 40 KG 2?, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 38 KG 85, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 37 KG 78, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 38 KG 43, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 36 KG 90, FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle ?? ?? ?? (unable to see registration), FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle 35 KH 61, Alvis High-Mobility Trailer ?? KG ?? (unable to see registration), FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle 36 KH 01, Alvis High-Mobility Trailer 36 KG 58, FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle 42 KG 78, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 43 KG 66, FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle 36 KG 01, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 35 KG 72, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 35 KG 89, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle ?? ?? ?? (unable to see registration), FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle 35 KG 26, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle ?? KG ?? (unable to see registration), FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle 35 KG 45, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 44 KG 65, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 37 KG 42, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 44 KG 70, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 38 KG 83, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 39 KG 81, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle ?? ?? ?? (unable to see registration), FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 37 KG 95, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 39 KG 39, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 38 KG 81, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 35 KG ?? (unable to see registration), FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 34 KG 84, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 39 KG 52, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle 02 EE 94, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 11 EA 08, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 03 FA 83, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 05 FA 56, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 04 FA 57, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 04 FA 60, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 01 EE 87, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 04 FA 08, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 35 KG 43, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle ?? KG 63 (unable to see registration), FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle ?? ?? ?? (unable to see registration), FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 00 ED 88, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 01 EA 59, FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier 39 KG 67, FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle

[@CobraEmergency]

​@@shoenewt That's a brilliant list. Thanks!

[@martinristov8082]

awesome we have exercise too with some military vehicles tanks and some helicopters :)

[@paulcoverdale8312]

So Broomie an co from Kings on major manovers😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤🙏🙏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@arturlome7102]

lots= 5 today, late eighties BAOR 11 type 57 MBT Regiments on Chalenger 1 and Cheiftain Mk 11s = 627MBTs now thats lots. plus all those in England plus in dryclad.

[@jameslynch7826]

Just noticed the CR2 has no gun crutch. Which is odd. Always used on the transporters or trains when I was on CR 1. I checked photos and couldn’t see it.

[@thewomble1509]

It does. It's mounted further back , just before the deck plate. It locks the gun just behind the fume extractor.

[@joelwilliams9571]

Are we certain this is just an exercise at this point? When was this scheduled, seems a lot more gear than I normally see shifted lol.

[@leemurf2322]

Yeah you are barking into the right bunch of trees!

[@TruckfilmingofLosAngelesCA]

Defend and fight to save 💪 🇬🇧! Lots of civilian trucking companies carrying tons of royal army tanks! They are using civilian safety cars to guide the trucks safer! I wonder where they are taking to em

[@thewomble1509]

British Army, not royal army.

[@Rob1972Gem]

Great video the bit that worries me the most is that we got civilian contractors obviously in civilian equipment pulling military equipment around do we not have enough military drivers and equipment to be able to move our own military around in House because what’s gonna happen when we need to go to war Sorry Mr minister of defence we can only get half of our tanks there because we haven’t got enough lorries to move them and the guy that does contracting during time he says he’s not going to war he don’t get paid enough money for that crap, how do we get all our stuff there Just thinking out loud to me. It seems strange that every time in these videos we have the same contractor moving a lot of military equipment around when it should be the military moving their own equipment around that’s also part of their training part of their job and if they’re not doing that when we need to go to war, there’s gonna be certain people that are not up to speed because haven’t been doing it, during peace time

[@mariabaptista-pt]

Well said.. good point ☝️

[@edwardvalivonis23]

Sometimes military hires civilians to move loads

[@allhurf]

Why does every transporter have to have an escort vehicle. Just seems so ridiculous and expensive.

[@Pesmog]

It may be an MOD requirement relating to contractor heavy haulage as I don't think that there is a UK legal regulation for a truck running under STGO regs to have an escort, although many do.

[@OhNoYouDidnt]

@@Pesmog Yea surely it is, I mean common sense dictates you don't send a challenger 2 down the road worth 4 million quid without some kind of soldiers or MOD staff present to oversee its journey.

[@user-fz7de4cz4w]

It’s UK Law. To move any Abnormal load requires a Movement order and an Escort. STGO 1,2,3 Requires an Escort Pilot to Reduce the load on UK Police forces.

[@edwardvalivonis23]

It's the legal thing

[@paulcoverdale8312]

Allo to da boys of Metcalfs. That’s a lot of kit goin to Poland an Ukrain.

[@tonchanthol5329]

😮😮😮

[@Domino-eu5ev]

Ukraine needs them

[@dominico3468]

Might aswell work for FSB(KGB). Ships which are transporting military equip., trucks.,

[@allhurf]

Why do we rely on civvi transporters.

[@cjjk9142]

Why would the mod spent millions on trucks they use once every now and then

[@user-fz7de4cz4w]

We’ve always relied on Civvy Transporters in the UK. Military Transporters are needed in Theatre elsewhere. I’m ex British Army and we had 16 Tank Transporter Sqn when I was in 22year ago. But we still used Civvy Hauliers to move kit about. Although then it was primarily Kings Heavy Haulage. Who we still use that and Metcalfe.

[@petersmith6974]

Barely enough people to operate the vehicles on the trailers. More boat immigrants arrived than British forces has on staff. I don’t know any English people who would go fight for the British

[@mariabaptista-pt]

It's a way of spending more on contractors and leave the soldiers at home or at the barracks waiting or getting emotionally ready to get called for war... 😮

[@edwardvalivonis23]

It's normal

[@SAT186971]

Chronic crisis

[@SAT186971]

Extended lots

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[@jonerasmus9399]

False confidence. Too few, too late to defend a country .

[@ronaldmcmurray6274]

And before anyone says anything, I am ex forces 85/92.

[@Echo-01]

When would you like your special medal sir?

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[@stanislavcocek2711]

And when will NATO military exercises take place on American soil. You still practice only in Europe.😂

[@edwardvalivonis23]

Because major wars occurred on European soil

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[@johnrobertson4384]

Tanks are obsolete. The war in Ukraine has proven that.

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[@user-fy3tr8if5p]

a large piece of very expensive iron junk with very low survivability in real combat!!!

[@leemurf2322]

Keep playing games on your computer fella! 99.9% of you lot on social media wouldn’t know war if it slapped you in the face!

[@tonybrooks7201]

hope these are not the trash tanks given to ukraine

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