Key Points and Summary - Challenger 3 is Britain’s answer to an aging Challenger 2 fleet falling behind Leopard 2s and Abrams. -The LEP-driven upgrade replaces the rifled L30A1 with Rheinmetall’s ...
Key Points and Summary - The UK is upgrading 148 Challenger 2 tanks into the new, more lethal Challenger 3 variant, which features a new turret and a NATO-standard 120mm smoothbore gun. -While this $1 ...
In the next three years, the United Kingdom plans to upgrade its entire fleet of Challenger 2 main battle tanks by modifying the hull and installing a new German-designed turret and gun. But mere ...
Britain has been using the Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT) since it was first introduced in the 1990s. Plans to upgrade the U.K.'s fleet of MBTs in the early 2000s, but issues arose, and the tanks ...
With reporting by Gabriel Silveira. The United Kingdom donated to Ukraine 14 71-ton Challenger 2 tanks. The Ukrainian air assault forces’ 82nd Brigade is the sole user of the 13 surviving tanks after ...