Footage of 'destroyed' Challenger 2 tank in Ukraine, Russia claims

Experts have confirmed the tank shown in footage posted to social media is a Challenger 2 tank.

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[jasoncarpenter]

Any tank on the battlefield. Can be knocked out. No matter the type.

[t.c.s.]

This is the first loss because the other Challenger tanks are hidden, stored close to the Polish border

[MatthewAshworth]

No tank is indestructible. In a war, even the best gear is bound to get destroyed. The more important things are how well it can defend its crew, how many enemy tanks it can take out before itself being destroyed, and how frequently they've been falling to enemy forces. If this is the first Challenger tank to fall during the 3 months of summer offensive, then that's pretty incredible.

[balckston]

Challenger done, leopard 2 done... Waiting for Abram m1a2😂

[mombaassa]

Good evening, Mr Solovyov. This is your daily reminder that your sons, Daniil and Alexander, still have not served in Ukraine.

[illg]

Still less than russia looses in a a single day. How are those airplanes doing against a $300 cardboard Australian drones?

[jasip]

I love how British comments have gone from “Challenger-2 is supposed to snipe targets from long distance, to no tank is indestructible” 😂

[Andrea-]

I love how people went from “These tanks will certainly put a big hole in the Russians” to “Well atleast the crew survived and the Russians are loosing more so..” real fast 😅

[gettingfactsoutthere]

It was challenged 😞

Right which game changer is next in line?

[sturmhauvler]

russian bots/trolls laughing and ignoring the fact that they lost 2k+ tanks

[themsmloveswar]

Taxpayers money burning, while pensioners prepare for winter.

[AndyYeoo]

Any tank on a battlefield is bound to have the chance of being destroyed. And that is sad to know. Hope the crew gets out alive

[pilotmanpaul]

It also popped its turret. Its way to forward to be in the correct position. So the turret jumped a bit to be in that position.

[justinperry]

It happens sure don't see fields full of them though as we do with russian armor 😂

[aussie]

The Ukrainians were given the kit to use not sit in a display cabinet. They only thing that matters is that they have the best kit to increase the chances for the warriors. Slava Ukraini!

[Carol-csyk]

Hopefully it protected the crew! GLORY TO

[kabuki]

The only reason no Challenger 2 was destroyed on combat before is that only a few were produced and they were not utilised on many real wars.

[tommyharrison]

Any Tank That Takes A Direct Hit From Artillery Is Toast, Idk Why People Are Surprised.

[peterstanakis]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while!

[taliaperkins]

If it's a Challenger burning, it's a knocked out Challenger. And? No one can make a tank so strong nothing can knock it out.