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New British tanks costing £3.5bn cannot be driven safely over 20mph, reveals leaked report Danielle Sheridan © BRITISH ARMY The Royal Tank Regiment on an exercise with a Challenger 2 tank. The new Ajax vehicles could pose safety risks to soldiers - BRITISH ARMY A new fleet of tanks bought by the Army for £3.5 billion cannot be driven safely over 20mph, a leaked report has revealed. Military chiefs have been warned that the new Ajax armoured fighting vehicles pose safety risks to soldiers if they are driven at more than half their fastest speed. It comes after trials of the vehicles had to be suspended from November 2020 to March of this year, after it was found troops had suffered swollen joints and tinnitus while being inside the vehicles.

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