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The Challenger 3 Tank Might Not Be Able to Overcome a ‘Math’ Problem

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 ...
SlashGear

How The British Challenger Tank Has Evolved Over 40 Years

What's amazing about the first version of the Challenger is that it holds the record for the furthest sucessful tank kill ever carried out. During the Gulf War, the Challenger was able to blow up an ...
SlashGear

Britain's New Challenger 3 Is Looking Like The Tank Of The Future

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 ...
Popular Mechanics

Challenger 3: The U.K.’s Newest Tank Is Finally Here, But There Won’t Be Very Many of Them

The British Army has pulled back the curtain on Challenger 3, its next main battle tank. It’s a remanufactured Challenger 2, brought up to modern standards. The U.K. will buy only 148 main battle ...
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The Challenger 3 Tank Must Address the Harsh Truths of War—or Else

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 ...