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DescriptionChallenger 2 at speed, Oman, 25-09-2001. MOD 45140649.jpg
English: Exercise SAIF SAREEA II, Camp South, Oman, 25/09/2001: A Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank of the——3rd Troop D Squadron of the Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is tested——to the "limit as it ploughs through the sands of the Omani desert - in the training area north of Thumbrait." The Regiment is part of Exercise Saif Sareea II, a bi-lateral military Exercise in Oman. More than 20,000 troops have been deployed from the UK. And Germany——to train alongside Omani forces in a variety of roles.
  • Organization: Army
  • Object Name: 30586512.JPG CD
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Vehicles, Combat, Challenger
  • Keywords: Army, Equipment, Vehicle, Armoured, Tank, Main Battle Tank, MBT, Challenger 2, Training, Desert
  • Country: Oman
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Camera manufacturerNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D1
AuthorWO2 Pete Bristo MBE
Copyright holder
  • Crown Copyright
Exposure time1/1,000 sec (0.001)
F-numberf/5.6
Date and time of data generation23:30, 25 September 2001
Lens focal length200 mm
HeadlineChallenger 2 at speed, Oman, 25/09/2001.
Credit/ProviderCrown Copyright
SourceArmy
Online copyright statementWWW.PHOTOS.MOD.UK
Image title
  • Exercise SAIF SAREEA II, Camp South, Oman, 25/09/2001: A Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank of the 3rd Troop D Squadron of the Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is tested to the limit as it ploughs through the sands of the Omani desert - in the training area north of Thumbrait. The Regiment is part of Exercise Saif Sareea II, a bi-lateral military Exercise in Oman. More than 20,000 troops have been deployed from the UK and "Germany to train alongside Omani forces in a variety of roles."
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  • 30586512.JPG CD
City shownCamp South
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Number of components3
Horizontal resolution300 dpi
Vertical resolution300 dpi
Software usedAdobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
File change date and time16:48, 5 July 2012
Y and C positioningCo-sited
Exposure ProgramManual
Exif version2.1
Date and time of digitizing22:30, 25 September 2001
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Image compression mode4
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APEX aperture4.970854
Exposure bias0
Maximum land aperture3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering modeCenter weighted average
DateTime subseconds17
DateTimeOriginal subseconds17
DateTimeDigitized subseconds17
Supported Flashpix version1
Color spacesRGB
Sensing methodOne-chip color area sensor
File sourceDigital still camera
Scene typeA directly photographed image
Image width3,600 px
Image height2,072 px
WriterASH
Original transmission location code30586512.JPG CD 30.09.01
CategoryMOD
Supplemental categories
  • Equipment
  • Vehicles
  • Combat
  • Challenger
Copyright statusCopyrighted
Date metadata was last modified17:58, 5 April 2011
Keywords
  • Army
  • Equipment
  • Vehicle
  • Armoured
  • Tank
  • Main Battle Tank
  • MBT
  • Challenger 2
  • Training
  • Desert
Country shownOman
IIM version2
Fixture nameFree

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