Challenger tanks deployed in Gulf

Title

Challenger tanks deployed in Gulf

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 Oct 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:43

Description

Phil Edwards reports from Saudi Arabia, where Challenger battle tanks from the UK Seventh Armoured Brigade are being deployed in the deserts of Saudi Arabia for the first time in the Gulf crisis. Although heavily outnumbered by Iraqi tanks the Desert Rats are confident superior battlefield intelligence will give them the edge if war breaks out. Includes interviews with Colonel Arthur Denaro; Commander Charles Alexander.

Contributors

Phil Edwards; Arthur Denaro; Charles Alexander

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Great Britain; Military affairs; Military personnel; Saudi Arabia; Kuwait; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Tanks; Seventh Armoured Brigade; Desert warfare

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