Rising to the challenge

摘要

I BEGAN my editorship at Soldier almost exactly a decade ago, and one standout memory from my first few weeks shadowing British soldiers (other than the time I arrived onto Batus training area in a pair of white trainers) is the moment I got to climb inside a Challenger 2. The size, noise and sheer power of these armoured beasts is pretty much impossible to convey to anyone who hasn't got up close. But if the presence of this tank's hardware is enough to terrify, it is difficult to comprehend the punch that will be packed by having the platform fully digitised on future operations.