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Armys tanks date back to when Elvis was the Christmas No.1 Brendan Carlin, Political Correspondent For The Mail On Sunday © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo MPs last night demanded action over the Army’s ageing armoured tanks – saying some of them dated back to when ‘Elvis was the Christmas No 1’. In a damning report, they warned that the Army’s current capability was so ‘obsolescent and outgunned’ that it could cost lives. And the cross-party Commons Defe...

MPs last night demanded action over the Army’s ageing armoured tanks – saying some of them dated back to when ‘Elvis was the Christmas No 1’. In a damning report, they warned that the Army’s current capability was so ‘obsolescent and outgunned’ that it could cost lives. And the cross-party Commons Defence Committee raised fears that the UK’s armoured forces were at ‘a very serious risk’ of being outmatched by potential adversaries of similar size. MPs say some of the Armys a...