There are three distinct phases to the Challenger 3 MBT upgrade plan for the British Army, but the MoD is still considering its 120mm ammunition options. RBSL (a JV between Rheinmetall and BAE Systems ...

The main war shot of the Challenger 3 will be a 120mm Enhanced Kinetic Energy (EKE) round which will be developed under a German/UK government-to-government agreement. The in-development RBSL ...

LONDON — Britain and Germany moved closer to launching a joint project for main battle tank ammunition this week with the signing of an agreement that takes the project to the next stage of ...

The United Kingdom's Challenger 2 main battle tank is heavier, weirder, and slower than its Western stablemates, the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2. But until this September, it retained a notable ...

The Challenger 2 is a third-generation main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army, Oman, and Ukraine. It is one of the finest tanks in the world today. Vickers Defence Systems designed and built ...

Great Britain has sent Ukraine thousands of ammunition for Challenger 2 tanks, including armor-piercing rounds with depleted uranium, according to Deputy Defense Secretary James Heappey. "We have sent ...

The United Kingdom has sent “thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds,” Britain's armed forces minister James Heappy said on April 25 ...

British-supplied Challenger 2 main battle tanks have arrived in Ukraine and will soon begin combat missions, the country’s defence minister has said. The UK promised 14 of the vehicles to Ukraine, a ...

In a press release, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence announced that the British Army is getting ready to start building the Challenger 3 tank. British defence procurement minister Jeremey Quin ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin got his knickers in a bit of a twist recently when commenting on the potential deployment of depleted uranium (DU) tank rounds to Ukraine. These come as part and ...