No Challenger 2 has been lost in combat since it was first deployed in 1994
Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates
A battlefield video circulated overnight on social media appears to show the destruction of a British Challenger 2 in Ukraine, which would be the first time one of the tanks has been destroyed in combat.
Visible at the beginning of the video, filmed from a car trying to flee the fighting, the Challenger 2 is shrouded in thick, grey smoke with its distinctive gun barrel, though it is unclear what has caused the explosion to knock it out.
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