British Deputy Defense Secretary James Heappie said Challenger 2 tanks provided “combat capability and effectiveness” He reported this in a written response to a request from British MP John McDonnell about the reasons for sending combat vehicles to Ukraine. As military expert Alexey Leonkov noted in a conversation with RT, the West had high hopes for Challenger tanks, as well as Leopard and Abrams in the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“They were supposed to make a decisive contribution to the offensive, but the situation turned out differently, and these tanks did not show themselves in any way,” he said.