{"id":117977,"date":"2023-08-17T19:01:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=117977"},"modified":"2023-08-17T19:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:01:06","slug":"ukraine-adds-mad-max-style-armour-to-uk-made-tanks-in-defiant-bid-to-smash-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/ukraine-adds-mad-max-style-armour-to-uk-made-tanks-in-defiant-bid-to-smash-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine adds Mad Max-style armour to UK-made tanks in defiant bid to smash Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian Armed Forces has souped up British tanks with Mad Max-style armour to make them impenetrable to Russian onslaughts.<\/p>\n<p> Early this year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak risked Vladimir Putin&apos;s wrath by agreeing to send United Kingdom-made Challenger 2 tanks to the frontline in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The Challenger 2 is a modern and sophisticated weapon of war, which is &quot;much better protected, more reliable, quicker&quot; than its predecessors, Colonel Hamis de Bretton Gordon, a former commander of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, told Sky News at the time.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: <\/b><b>Here&apos;s where to buy the Lionesses&apos; team kits \u2013 but fans spot one player&apos;s shirt missing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And now, it&apos;s just got even better protected after the Ukrainian Armed Forces added several upgrades in a bid to quash the Russians.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30729656.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_ESTONIA-NATO-DEFENCE-MILITARY-ARMY.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Footage of the main battle tanks on the frontline in central Zaporzhzhia show that armoured bars have been installed along its sides and across the front. <\/p>\n<p>It&apos;s thought that the extra armour will protect against imapct from rockets. <\/p>\n<p>And tactical paint on the front bars will make it easier for troops to decipher comrades. <\/p>\n<p>The tanks, deployed alongside the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, have also now got extra armour over its turrets to protect from drones. <\/p>\n<p>According to Army Guide, the machines, made by Vickers Defence Systems Ltd, is in service with the British Army and with the Royal Army of Oman. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30729657.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Russia-Putin-23229537650032.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30720688.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAINSOCIAL.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Aliens could be spiders the size of elephants, Richard Dawkins claims<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Challenger 2 is equipped with an L30, 120 mm rifled tank gun from the Royal Ordnance division of BAE systems.<\/p>\n<p>The turret is capable of 360 degree rotation and the weapon elevation range is from -10 to +20 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The gun control is provided by an all-electric gun control and stabilisation system, also from BAE Systems. Challenger 2 is also equipped with a Boeing 7.62 mm chain gun, which is located to the left of the main tank gun. <\/p>\n<p>The loader has a 7.62 mm GPMG L37A2 anti-air machine gun, mounted on the cupola.<\/p>\n<p>Challenger 2 can also set a smoke screen by the injection of diesel fuel into the engine exhausts.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum speed by road is 59 km\/hour and 40 km\/hour cross country. The range is given as 450 km by road and 250 km cross country.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><i><i><i><i>To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters<\/i> here.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/ukraine-adds-mad-max-style-30729421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian Armed Forces has souped up British tanks with Mad Max-style armour to make them impenetrable to Russian onslaughts. 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