Cool Army Tanks

The Challenger 2 Battle Tank is the United Kingdom’s top tank seeing both operational service in Bosnia and Kosovo. The UK placed orders for 127 Challenger 2 tanks in 1991 and an additional 259 in 1994. The Royal Army of Oman also has 279 Challenger II tanks, which it deployed in active service in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Challenger 2 is an advanced battle tank built by BAE Systems Land Systems formerly known as Vickers Defence Systems

Armament

The Challenger II’s main weapon is a L30 120mm rifled tank gun developed by BAE. As of 2004 Challenger 2 tanks are now equipped with an upgraded Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun, as fitted on the Leopard 2A6 tank.

The turret has a  360 degree range of motion and as has an elevation range of -10 degrees to 20 degrees.  The tank can carry up to 50 shells, including Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot (APFSDS), High-Explosive Squash Head (HESH) or smoke rounds, as well as depleted Uranium shells.