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 2021, the UK unveiled the Challenger 3, a radical upgrade to its Challenger 2 tanks, most notably replacing the iconic 120mm rifled gun with a smoothbore cannon. This change reflects decades of ...

Unlike other cutting-edge American and Russian tanks, the Challenger 3 will forgo an autoloader—requiring an extra crewmember, but theoretically raising its reliability. The British Army’s future main ...

The British Army's future Challenger 3 main battle tank (MBT) conducted its first crewed live firing in Scotland, Janes learnt on the first day of Defence iQ's International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) ...