The Ministry Of Defence (MOD) lists 227 in its possession as of 2021, leaving three spare. Nowadays, all four of these regiments control 56 Challenger 2s each, for a total of 224 in the British Army as a whole. These are the Queen’s Royal Hussars, the King’s Royal Hussars, the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and the Royal Tank Regiment, the names of the first three reflecting the historical conversion from cavalry to armoured units, and the last one of course being a purposely formed tank unit.
The main role of the Challenger is for its crew – the commander, gunner, loader and driver – to find, take on and destroy enemy tanks.Ĭhallengers are operated by four of the British Army’s armoured regiments, based either at Tidworth in Wiltshire or Bovington in Dorset. The first and most preeminent of these is the Army’s main battle tank, the Challenger 2. The main element of any fleet of vehicles in any army will always be its fighting vehicles, of which the British Army has a wide range for transporting foot soldiers to battle, and supporting them once they are there. Exercise Wessex Storm: New Recruits Get First Taste Of Life In The Field.How British Soldiers' Rations Have Changed Over The Last 100 Years.Challenger 3: What Will The Army's Next Main Battle Tank Be Like?.This is a look at the vast range of different land vehicles the British Army uses, from battle tanks to MAN truck support vehicles, as well as a comparison of them.įor a look at the British Army’s basic oranisational structure and a look at its main weapons, take a look at Know Your Army – Weapons And Organisation here. An army marches on its stomach, as the saying goes, but in the modern British Army soldiers are often carried into battle by combat vehicles.įurthermore, for those that do march, the food that keeps them going is also brough to them by a range of support vehicles.
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