British Defense Secretary denies rumors that the country will completely get rid of tanks

Last month, sensational claims began to emerge in Britain that the Department of Defense plans to mothball Tanks... One of the newspapers where such rumors were published was The Times. At the same time, experts, commenting on these statements for the media, noted that Britain was the first country to use tanks at one time, and may become the first country to refuse their use.

Today, UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace denies rumors that the British army is going to completely abandon the use of tanks.

In an interview with the BBC, Wallace said the media "misunderstood the idea." According to the minister, we are not talking about the complete conservation of tanks, but the idea of ​​abandoning "some of the most outdated military equipment to free up funds for investment programs in cyber and space technologies."

Ben Wallace:

We are planning to make a kind of shift towards the deployment of British armed forces around the world - to protect the interests of Great Britain and our allies. For example, our Typhoon squadron will be deployed to Qatar to ensure the safety of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

According to Wallace, Britain "will go for some reduction in the number of Challenger tanks, but do not plan to get rid of all of them."
Wallace:

We will not dispose of all the tanks of the British army, and we will make sure that the ones that we contained are up to date, operational. Our army must correspond to the level of the XXI century.

Comments

[paul3390]

But where else can they reduce that - according to our concepts, they have barely enough tanks for one division .. Same to me - a great power ..

[Lipchanin]

Quote: paul3390

then - according to our concepts, they have barely enough tanks for one division ..

In general, why do they need them?
Drive the giants?

[paul3390]

At least so that at least someone would pay attention to their great-power show-off ..

[Deniska999]

And spend money on maintaining a pile of scrap metal they don't need?

[mvg]

so that at least someone would pay attention to their great-power show-off

Look at the fleet. Who will land on their islands? And colonial problems do not threaten them either.
Their fleet is stronger than our Northern, the strongest we have. And more modern.
Why do they need MBT? Fundamentally?

[Split]

It is only we who can disperse tanks and shoot at the white house ... Black page in our history ... well, EBN did not bite

Quote: Lipchanin

To drive migrants?

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Split

Only we can disperse the tanks and shoot at the white house ..

And in China people were crushed with tanks

[Split]

Yes, we also ... I really don't understand these people who went to bed under the goose

[Lipchanin]

Yes, or alcohol, or crap in my head

[mvg]

people were crushed by tanks

These are those "onizhedets"? People at home, after work, sit, swallow nests are cooked, and not hanging around at demonstrations

[strannik1985]

Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan - the British fought quite actively as part of multinational contingents.
They estimate their own capabilities rather modestly, for example, in 2015, they could allocate up to 30 thousand people from the l / s BA to invade a foreign country, subject to achieving victory in 8-10 weeks.

[Lipchanin]

Well, they didn't carry tanks there.

[strannik1985]

Dragged to Kosovo and Iraq (2003 - 2010).

[Lipchanin]

How much did it cost

[strannik1985]

That's right, women are still giving birth In this I fully support the aspirations of the leading circles of England.

[Lipchanin]

Yes, even if they start divisions, I will not pay

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Lipchanin

Yes, even if they start divisions, I will not pay

Why then write?

In general, why do they need them?

[mavrus]

And why did they have to surrender the second tank division on the island? For the Scots? If they decide to separate on a new one ... Or block the tunnel under the English Channel so that the Arabs do not leak?

[Real Pilot]

This is how the minister excused himself.
In general, a great plan! All British tanks are scrapped

[Lara Croft]

Quote: paul3390

But where else can they cut it - according to our concepts, they barely have tanks for one division ...

Almost guessed ... but on the other hand, the permanent composition, and imagine any combined-arms armies as part of one division or several brigades ...

[Split]

He apparently read the comments on VO

[Clear]

Quote: Split

He apparently read the comments on VO

No, he basically doesn't read them, but he knows exactly what they write on VO

[Split]

And I lived in Yasnoye

[Clear]

Quote: Split

And I lived in Yasnoye

Fine Hello

[Split]

Did you live in Yasnoye?

[Clear]

Quote: Split

Did you live in Yasnoye?

Anatoly, only in image and name.

[Split]

Sorry The town is small, I knew everyone ... But I also try to be like that

[Clear]

Quote: Split

But I try to be like that too

See you ... You must be led!

[Split]

Thank you! It seems to be lucky lately ...
ZY True, 15 years ago, when the Dnieper was flying overhead with heptyl ... I decided to leave. Not rogozin, I don't remember who, they wanted to build a cosmodrome there with the words "everything here will turn into a desert"

[Clear]

Quote: Split

Thank you! It seems to be lucky lately.

Keep it up!

[Split]

Pasipki! It's hard to meet a positive person these days

[Ded_Mazay]

What a pity...

[Lipchanin]

will be deployed in Qatar to ensure the safety of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Oh how, a sportsman
But how is he going to provide aviation security?

[KVU-NSVD]

In short, everything is translated from political to public, something like this - they say we will not cut all the tanks at once, but as they complete m-mm-m catharsis. Well, there is no money in Britain for tanks ... they would have kept a semblance of a fleet with aviation on the island ..

[Lara Croft]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

Well, Britain has no money for tanks ..

Why such an opinion, they do not send the troops from storage to the troops from the storage of the "Chiefs" and "Challengers-1", passing them off as new tanks within the framework of the "update of the Armed Forces", all the tanks "Challenger-2" (i.e. one type, and not like ours) and they will soon be replaced by a new modification, incl. with a German gun ...

on the island they would have kept a semblance of a fleet with aviation ..

The Navy and the Air Force do not need a resemblance to them, the strongest and most importantly combat-ready in Europe, after us of course ...
Well, their tasks are not as global as those of our Armed Forces ...
ASW in the North Atlantic and the strengthening of the air forces of NATO countries in Europe ... they have no plans to launch any tank armadas to the Volga ...