The Chieftain’s engine compartment was open on the video where a mechanic speaking English with a southern accent can be heard. The Bochkala video showed an early-model Chieftain which lacked the Stillbrew upgrade and misidentifies the vehicle as a Challenger 1.
I prayed never to get sent to a tank regiment.” More than 30 years after working on Chieftains one retired mechanic recalled in comment to Kyiv Post: “I remember that tankie VMs (vehicle mechanics) were invariably covered in oil, and forever cursing the Chieftain. A joke common among British operators of the day was that the Chieftain tank was the world’s best fighting vehicle provided it broke down exactly where it was needed on the battlefield.
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