Will Ukrainian Army Get Chieftain Tanks Soon? A war correspondent releases video of a major transformation.
Ukraine may receive British Chieftain-class battle tanks in London-Ukraine war. According to Ukrainian military correspondent Roman Bochala, they are currently being overhauled at a British repair yard. Bochala posted a related video of the maintenance yard on Tuesday (July 18). This and similar tanks will soon be in Ukraine, he said. He did not give the exact figure.
He misidentified the main battle tank behind him as a Challenger 1, but it was actually the 1960s Chieftain tank in the video. This was an earlier model without the “Stillbrew” upgrade, clarified Independence of Kiev He underlined Bochala’s point that leaders are privately owned.
Tanks in the Ukraine War: Leader’s Strengths and Weaknesses
The magazine judged the four-person, diesel-powered CM to be outdated but not useless Forbes Quoting a tweet from British armaments adviser Nicholas Drummond, looking at the Russian product from the Soviet stock, he said: “It will significantly outperform the T-54/55, T-62, T-64 and T-72 tanks.” A leader can fire a variety of modern projectiles from a 120 mm gun up to a distance of three kilometers.
Leader’s Weakness: Its armor is only 200 millimeters thick at its thickest point. So the British Army developed “Stillbrew” armor, an extra layer of armor made of layers of rubber and steel. However, the problem now is that Great Britain never sent the technology, he said Forbes – Ukraine is not seen as helpless in this matter.
Tanks in the Ukraine War: Reactive Armor for Panther 2?
After all, Ukrainians understand reactive armor. The first tests were carried out in 1949 in the then Soviet Union. In this sense, anti-explosion is intended to protect vehicles from fire. The armor is reinforced with metal shells, under which there is a layer of ammunition. at Tank shell Then an explosion occurs, the struck shell is thrown against the projectile, reducing its impact.
He writes that all ex-Soviet tanks in Ukraine were equipped with reactive armor ForbesAnd it assumes that Ukrainians will do the same Leopard 2 tanks from Germany provide In the course of its counteroffensive, Ukraine has already lost several Western tanks.
British leader tanks are tricky to maintain
The Independence of Kiev The leader pointed out another weakness of the tanks. An “overly” complex 6-cylinder, 12-piston, two-stroke diesel engine is prone to overheating and failure. At the same time, maintenance is difficult because many of its wearing parts are inaccessible and hidden deep in the engine compartment.
The British Army retired the leader in the early 2000s Challenger– 1 tank should do. (frs)
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