To put things in perspective, in the 1990s, there were four tank regiments in the British Army, which had approximately 800 tanks at their disposal. number of Challenger 2 main battle tanks in frontline service will further reduce, from three battalion-sized regiments to two, with one regiment swapping its tanks for Ajax,” Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land Warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies wrote in a May 2017 Military Balance Blog. Yet, in countries like the UK, the number of tanks and tank regiments are in decline. It provides ground forces with mobility, protection and firepower, all on a single platform. The main battle tank is an iconic symbol of an army's power on the battlefield.
British Army Royal Tank Regiment and Omani tank crews with Challenger 2 tanks during Saif Sareea 3 (Photo: MoD, Crown Copyright)
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