{"id":64395,"date":"2026-04-08T22:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64395"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:45:42","slug":"a-controversial-british-army-tactic-involving-infantry-and-a-challenger-2-main-battle-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/08\/a-controversial-british-army-tactic-involving-infantry-and-a-challenger-2-main-battle-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"A controversial British Army tactic involving infantry and a Challenger 2 main battle tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, tanks have been used to protect the advance of infantry formations on the battlefield.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/07\/a-nightmare-for-the-kremlin-ukraine-is-already-launching-more-long-range-drones-than-russia\/\">A nightmare for the Kremlin: Ukraine is already launching more long-range drones than Russia<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/08\/06\/the-additions-that-the-ukrainian-army-is-putting-on-its-abrams-tanks\/\">The additions that the Ukrainian Army is putting on its Abrams tanks<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoyalArmdCorps\/status\/2041443037990056183\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps released a video of an exercise<\/a> showing <strong>a Challenger 2 tank advancing in an urban area with soldiers using it as cover<\/strong>. The post, which aims to recruit new soldiers to crew tanks like this one, notes: <em>\"<strong>Armour and infantry working together in the urban environment - a powerful combination against an opposing force.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tanktuesday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tanktuesday<\/a> Armour and infantry working together in the urban environment - a powerful combination against an opposing force. <\/p>\n<p>To become part of a tank crew please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WiGaEELeXn\">https:\/\/t.co\/WiGaEELeXn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/armoured?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#armoured<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FindandDestroy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FindandDestroy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/britisharmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#britisharmy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tanks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tanks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MKPCR7zFHG\">pic.twitter.com\/MKPCR7zFHG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Royal Armoured Corps (@RoyalArmdCorps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalArmdCorps\/status\/2041443037990056183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This combined arms method has been used in many armed conflicts. I<strong>n this tactic, tanks provide firepower and protection, shielding the soldiers marching behind them<\/strong>, acting as a mobile barrier, and destroying fortifications and other enemy threats that could hinder the advance of infantry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55194581942_cccab1e20f_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55194581942_40c5706505_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">Soldiers from the 2nd U.S. Marine Corps Division advancing behind an M1A1 Abrams tank during an exercise in Twentynine Palms, California, on November 10, 2018 (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/4910633\/marines-1-8-perform-urban-clearing-operations-during-itx-1-19\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Marine Corps<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>At the same time, <strong>this tactic allows tanks to rely on infantry to detect certain threats, such as anti-tank weapons<\/strong>, which are not easily detectable from armored vehicles due to their limited visibility. <strong>These tactics are especially common in urban environments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55194581857_ea93663ac3_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55194581857_6c63c4d8ca_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A member of the United States Marines using a TIP to communicate with the crew of an M1A1 Abrams tank during an exercise in Kuwait on August 25, 2015 (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/2157661\/us-marines-enhance-squad-tactics-kuwait\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Marine Corps<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>To facilitate these types of movements, <strong>for many years various tank models have been equipped with telephones on their rear<\/strong>, in order to communicate with the infantry advancing under cover behind the vehicle, <strong>a device known in English by the acronym TIP (Tank-Infantry Telephone)<\/strong> and popularly known by soldiers as the \"grunt phone\". <strong>These TIPs were first introduced on some tanks as early as the World War I<\/strong> and were widely used in the World War II.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55195878030_7153c98370_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55195878030_c8bb285d07_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although it's a tactic still widely used today, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoyalArmdCorps\/status\/2041443037990056183\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that British Army video has received hundreds of critical messages on Twitter<\/a>. Many users have agreed on the reason for their rejection of this method of advance: <strong>they point out that it's a suicidal tactic in modern warfare, as demonstrated by the experience of the Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/strong>, where two or three FPV drones would be enough to destroy that tank and the infantry soldiers advancing behind it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55195878015_2b808eef85_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55195878015_904732a6c1_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two months ago, details emerged about what happened during<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mil.ee\/en\/exercise-hedgehog-2025\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exercise Hedgehog 2025<\/a>, organized in May of last year by the Estonian Defence Forces and involving soldiers from twelve allied countries. During these maneuvers, <strong>NATO formations attempting an offensive maneuver were quickly identified and neutralized by small Ukrainian opposing teams operating drones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55195663033_124e90cec3_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55195663033_3ddb8d1ebd_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A drone operator from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine).<\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian soldiers used their Delta battlefield management system, which enabled <strong>a group of just 10 Ukrainian soldiers to destroy 17 armored vehicles, simulating the annihilation of two NATO battalions<\/strong>. Aivar Hanniotti, unmanned aerial systems coordinator for the Estonian Defense League, who participated on the opposing side in the exercise alongside Estonian and Ukrainian soldiers, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/nato-has-seen-the-future-and-is-unprepared-887eaf0f\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> that <strong>the results were \"terrible\" for NATO forces.<\/strong> Allied countries definitely have much to learn from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, tanks have been used to protect the advance of infantry formations on the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11544],"tags":[9997,8902,26672,10678],"class_list":["post-64395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-army","tag-british-army","tag-challenger-2","tag-royal-armoured-corps-of-the-british-army","tag-united-kingdom"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 02:26:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}