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Chundertank: Britain’s new armored fighting vehicle makes soldiers puke

Rob Beschizza
Nov 26, 2025
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An Ajax variant. Photo: Richard Watt/MOD

The Ajax is an armored fighting vehicle finally entering service with the British Army after “serious development and production difficulties,” which delayed delivery for nearly a decade. But the shambles is not yet over: now the human testing begins, and new problems have emerged, landing wetly at soldiers’ feet.…

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