Challenger 1 – Fotografije in videoposnetki

V FV4030/4 Izzivalec 1 je britanski glavni bojni tank (MBT), ki ga je uporabljala britanska vojska od leta 1983 do 2001, ko ga je nadomestil Challenger 2. Večina flote Challenger 1 je bila nato prodana Jordaniji, kjer je ostala v službi kraljeve jordanske vojske, dokler leta 2018 niso napovedali umikov. Znana lokalno kot Al-Hussein, so ta vozila prejela različne jordanske spremembe, preden so jih nadomestili francosko izdelani tanki Leclerc iz ZAE in bivši italijanski uničevalci tankov B1 Centauro 8×8. Ladjevje Jordanian Challenger 1 je bilo upokojitev do januarja 2023

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The Challenger 1 was a British main battle tank that served in the British Army from 1983 to 2001. It was developed from an Iranian order for an improved version of the Chieftain tank, but after the Iranian Revolution, the British Army became the customer and adopted it as its new MBT. The Challenger 1 was notable for being the first tank to use Chobham armour, a composite ceramic armour that offered superior protection against kinetic energy and shaped charge projectiles.
The Challenger 1 also had a powerful 120 mm rifled gun that could fire various types of ammunition, including high-explosive squash head (HESH), armour-piercing discarding sabot (APDS), and depleted uranium (DU) rounds. The Challenger 1 participated in several conflicts, most notably the Gulf War of 1990-1991, where it achieved a record-breaking tank kill at a distance of over four kilometers. The Challenger 1 was replaced by the Challenger 2 in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and most of its remaining units were sold to Jordan, where they were upgraded and renamed Al-Hussein. The Jordanian Challenger 1 fleet was retired by January 2023.