The first of 14 Challenger 2 tanks supplied by Britain have arrived in : part of the West's colossal commitment to defeat the Russian invasion.Joining them are 18 Leopard 2 tanks from , with the promise of 31 M1 Abrams from the U.S. Pledging that the tanks would soon be on the battlefield, Ukraine's defence minister Oleksii Reznikov described the Challenger 2s yesterday as 'fantastic machines'.He is not wrong. The 75-ton Challenger 2, developed by BAE Systems (then called Vickers Defence Systems) is unequalled in military history. Its 120mm rifled gun can pierce armour at two miles with astonishing accuracy. It holds the record for the longest tank-on-tank 'kill shot', destroying an Iraqi vehicle from 4.7 kilometres away (nearly three miles) during the 1991 Gulf War.
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