Queen's Royal Hussars on Hohne Ranges
The British Army's senior light cavalry regiment have been getting recquainted with their Challenger 2 main battle tanks during a training exercise on Hohne Ranges in Germany.
![The Challenger 2 main battle tank being fired on Hohne Ranges in Germany [Picture: Corporal Ross Fernie RLC, Crown copyright]](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a6221cb40f0b63b5e49709d/s300_7Bde-2013-008-159g.jpg)
The Challenger 2 main battle tank being fired on Hohne Ranges in Germany
The Queen’s Royal Hussars (QRH), part of 20th Armoured Brigade, had a number of different roles while deployed on operations in Afghanistan.
Operation Herrick 15 saw them take on ground-holding roles using Warthog vehicles but it’s been 3 years since the QRH have had a chance to fire the Challenger 2 main battle tank so the exercise in Germany put them back in familiar territory.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Matt Campbell, QRH Regimental Sergeant Major, said:
It’s been fantastic to see the boys back to their core role, getting back onto the vehicles and working as crews again.
![The Challenger 2's 120-millimetre-calibre tank gun](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a60ea6ced915d7dfea693b5/7Bde-2013-008_209g.jpg)
A view down the barrel of the Challenger 2 main battle tank's 120-millimetre-calibre gun [Picture: Corporal Ross Fernie RLC, Crown copyright]
Many of the crews have new gunners and drivers so it was a great chance for them to learn their core role and bond as a fighting unit.
The British Army Training Unit Suffield in Canada is next on the agenda for the QRH as they learn to fire their tanks as part of a battle group again on Exercise Prairie Thunder.
![A member of the Queen's Royal Hussars in a Challenger 2 main battle tank](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a61592aed915d0afa3af4b4/7Bde-2013-008_189g.jpg)
A member of the Queen's Royal Hussars in a Challenger 2 main battle tank [Picture: Corporal Ross Fernie RLC, Crown copyright]
![Members of the Queen's Royal Hussars preparing ammunition](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a611b2b40f0b65266e7d20c/7Bde-2013-008_260g.jpg)
Members of the Queen's Royal Hussars preparing ammunition for the tank manoeuvres on Hohne Ranges [Picture: Corporal Ross Fernie RLC, Crown copyright]
![The Challenger 2 main battle tank](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a61034ded915d7dfea6abd7/7Bde-2013-008_040g.jpg)
The Challenger 2 main battle tank has a maximum speed of 59 kilometres per hour [Picture: Corporal Ross Fernie RLC, Crown copyright|
![The Challenger 2 main battle tank](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a6222b4e5274a0a37ef283a/7Bde-2013-008_113g.jpg)
The Challenger 2 main battle tank in action on Hohne Ranges [Picture: Corporal Ross Fernie RLC, Crown copyright]