The final version of the modernized Challenger 3 tank was shown in Britain

The Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) consortium showed the final version of the main combat tank British Army Challenger 3. The equipment was demonstrated at the DSEI-2021 arms fair in London.

According to the Defense Blog on its Twitter page, the final version of the tank is shown at the exhibition, and it will be in this configuration that it will be supplied to the British army. However, no details about this modification are given.

As previously reported, the British Ministry of Defense decided to reduce the tank fleet from 227 units to 148. In this case, all remaining tanks will be upgraded to the Challenger 3 level - a version capable of participating in network-centric warfare. The modernization of combat vehicles will be carried out at the Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) plant located in Telford, Shropshire.

As previously reported, as part of the modernization, only the hull will be left from the tanks, which will be reinforced in the frontal projection. The tank will receive a new turret with "new generation modular armor" of British design, a 120-mm Rheinmetall Rh 120 L55A1 smoothbore tank gun and a remotely controlled machine-gun module. The Israeli Trophy MV active protection complex will be installed on the tank.

The upgraded tank will receive new fire control systems, surveillance and communications, digital electric drives. Standard Perkins 1200 hp diesel engine. it is supposed to be replaced by a German MTU of 1500 hp. The suspension of the tank is "hydropneumatic third generation".

Comments

[For example]

Nice pic.
It seems that the barrel is 300 mm.

[Silver bullet]

The British Ministry of Defense decided to reduce the tank fleet from 227 units to 148. 
Number 148 tanks that will remain in service even better

[MTZ 80]

Number 148 tanks,

Do you know the difference between digit and number

[Silver bullet]

I'm sorry, I didn't notice, but the essence is the same. 148 in an offensive or defense against our troops in the event of an armed conflict is better than 227 units. Is it clear now?

[Walking towards the light]

148 tanks. Two attacks? Cool))

[Aaron Zawi]

Quote: Silver bullet

The British Ministry of Defense decided to reduce the tank fleet from 227 units to 148. 
Number 148 tanks that will remain in service even better

They increase the fleet. But in general, it is worth considering the tank fleet of NATO countries together. Now they are modernizing their tank fleet. And in total, this is not so little. Even without the USA. So if on the knee, then 25-26 in Poland there will be 250 Leo and 250 Abrams, in Germany 290 Leo, in France 350 Leclerc and 150 Challenger in Britain. Taking into account the tank fleet of small European countries, there will be two hundred more modern vehicles.

[Silver bullet]

Aron, no one argues that all NATO armored vehicles must be counted, but you must admit that there are fewer vehicles in Germany and France. And yet no one has sold anything to the Poles.

[Aaron Zawi]

Quote: Silver bullet

Aron, no one argues that all NATO armored vehicles must be counted, but you must admit that there are fewer vehicles in Germany and France. And yet no one has sold anything to the Poles.

So they are not going to attack anybody? Why would they?

[Silver bullet]

They promised not to expand NATO to Gorbachev, why would they?

[Region-25.rus]

So they are not going to attack anybody? Why would they?

so? howling about Russian aggression against Europe right? Will Russia trample on NATO after all?

[carstorm 11]

Living in a country into which for centuries they have invaded from there, forgive me as it is hard to believe.

[Usher]

Quote: Aaron Zawi

Quote: Silver bullet

Aron, no one argues that all NATO armored vehicles must be counted, but you must admit that there are fewer vehicles in Germany and France. And yet no one has sold anything to the Poles.

So they are not going to attack anybody? Why would they?

Are you serious? And who is getting closer to the borders?

[TANKISTONE]

Aron Zaawi (Aron)
So they are not going to attack anybody? Why would they?

On the contrary, these are aggressive Jews, Gypsies and Slavs gathered in a military campaign to the West!

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Silver bullet

no one argues that all NATO armored vehicles must be counted, but you must admit that there are fewer vehicles in Germany and France.

And in Holland and Belgium there are no tanks at all. On the other hand, NATO's ground forces have completely renewed / renewed their tank fleet since the end of the Cold War ... and we still have 350 T-90s in the RF Armed Forces ...

[Synoid]

A very dubious statement. As history shows, the Anglo-Saxons only promise protection and assistance for vassal relations (Israel would not know;)) when it is in their interests. And the death of citizens in a foreign land is not in their interests. The maximum help is the transfer of equipment on credit.

[Barberry25]

the problem is that in the event of aggression against Russia, not all NATO will fight together ..

[76SSSR]

It seems that the barrel is 300 mm.

Is it a bit much?

[Walking towards the light]

120 mm. Good old reinmetal.

[Kuroneko]

Definitely a brute-force. Even the project of the Reich's thousand-ton Rat had only 283-mm guns, though a couple.

[Walking towards the light]

Yes, there are no such tank guns and will not be. At 300 mm. Although I'm wrong)). "The sons of Amaterasu took care of the production of artillery support SPGs. And they wanted something with a larger caliber. Many options were considered until they settled on this machine, called the Type 4" Ha-To. " siege mortar Type 300. It turned out to be something on the tracks, the place of which is just right in the game "Warhammer".

[Kuroneko]

Ha-To I did not mention, because this is not a tank. In general, out of something really working, there was essentially only the Sturm Tiger, with its 380 mm naval rocket launcher.

[Walking towards the light]

Here I forgot about the assault on the tiger)) There was such a fool in the tower that "Calm down, mother" as the captain Chachu sang)). Joke))

[Cat Alexandrovich]

Was such an assault "Tiger" supposed to be a rugged black loader from an "Abrams"?

[Walking towards the light]

The loader from the "Abrams" smokes on the sidelines)) This is how the Nippons in Ha-To charged such a fool in general a mystery))

[MMX]

120-mm smoothbore tank gun Rheinmetall Rh 120 L55A1

The era is leaving. British rifled guns - everything.

[Walking towards the light]

Gut. Frontal projection has been strengthened. It can participate in network-centric warfare. And in the side and in the stern, you can pick it out from the RPG-7?))

[Uncle lee]

Quote: Walking towards the light

pick it out of the RPG-7?))

Armor penetration, mm up to 750
How to do it!

[Walking towards the light]

The Houthis Abrams burned the sides in the stern. from RPG-7 Photos for yourself in google look?.

[Walking towards the light]

Tanks do not fight tanks in a real battle)). If this happens, this is a bad "jamb" of the command. 750 mm in frontal projection is cool)! Very calming for the tank crew.))

[voyaka uh]

"in the side and in the stern, can I pick it out of the RPG-7?))" ///
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No. KAZ Trophy is installed on it.

[Walking towards the light]

Voika of health and happiness to you, I'm really glad to talk to you! I don't see Kaz Trophy in the photo. And everyone praises me that there is 750 mm of homogeneous armor. The photo shows a naked tank in homogeneous armor, like during World War II. And in the article there is no KAZ "Trophy" installed there and it does not say that the armor is composite.

[OgnennyiKotik]

Quote: Walking towards the light

I do not see Kaz "Trophy" on the photo. The photo shows a naked tank in homogeneous armor, as during the Second World War.

Well, eyesight The protruding radar KAZ does not see, and the armor pie is just through and through yes you are a secret military development it looks like

[Walking towards the light]

I am a "collective farmer" that I see in the picture and I sing)). The potato in our village is ugly now. This is good. And I go to "Vo" with smart, sharp-eyed people, so that they teach me to mind about all kinds of "Kaz" It can be very interesting)) .What will not tell. Connoisseurs. Do not be offended, I'm just kidding.)) About Kaz-ento on the tower on the right, kakayeto ku..I'm in four trunks like a smoke blower? "Is this the famous Israeli Kaz?

[Flooding]

Quote: OgnennyiKotik

Protruding radar KAZ

the complex looks much more elegant on an Englishman than on an American
equipment in the light version?

[OgnennyiKotik]

Quote: Flood

the complex looks much more elegant on an Englishman than on an American

It looked like more customization options. On the Abrams, KAZ looks foreign, like the modules were welded to the finished tank. On the Challenger 3, the equipment was better distributed over the turret, like on the Merkava (although it looks like 3 radars on the British, not 4). It is better seen in the photo from the side.

[voyaka uh]

From the article:
"The Israeli Trophy MV active protection system will be installed on the tank."

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Walking towards the light

And the article does not say that there is installed KAZ "Trophy"

Not at all. This is exactly what the article says:

The Israeli Trophy MV active protection system will be installed on the tank.

[Kuroneko]

Yes. Any KAZ has a very limited ammunition load, especially if attacks are concentrated on a specific side. Or does the Jewish Trophy have a built-in iddqd cheat?

[Walking towards the light]

Cheat for immortality))?

[Kuroneko]

And endless ammunition. Perhaps it would be more correct to mention idkfa. In principle, everything is the same, but without immortality, but with keys.

[MTZ 80]

especially if you concentrate attacks on a specific side

who will allow you to do this? What will he stand and watch?

[Kuroneko]

Do you attack tanks in a purely knightly manner? First you wait for one grenade to fly, and only then start the other? Does the phrase "massive attack" sound familiar?

[MTZ 80]

Will you have time to fire two grenades before the first one has flown?

[Kuroneko]

We will make it in time. Fighting tanks is not the lot of individuals, there is always at least a platoon, or even a company.

[voyaka uh]

And KAZ has limited ammunition,
... and ATGMs also have very limited ammunition.

Therefore, to guess who will run out of ammunition sooner: ATGM or
"Shooting" KAZA is meaningless.

[Kuroneko]

And where does the ATGM? It seems to have been about the RPG-7. And any fighter can load a lot of grenades to them. These are not heavy rockets.

[voyaka uh]

RPG shooters will be allowed to get close to the tank and calmly lead it
shelling?
In all wars of the past 20 years, tanks have been knocked out from ATGMs from a distance.
1.5 - 3 km

No need to play around:
KAZ is a useful and necessary protection for any tank.
Protection is not 100% and not from all means of destruction, but in most cases
the attack crew will be rescued.

[Kuroneko]

Who is bustling - it still needs to be figured out.
As for me, I in no way denied the necessity and usefulness of KAZ. But you immediately categorically stated above on the thread that if the tank is with Trophy, then it will not be destroyed. What complete nonsense. It is possible, and even without some kind of fright the ATGMs you mentioned. And the old RPG-7 will be enough with a skillful approach.

[poquello]

Quote: voyaka uh

In all wars of the past 20 years, tanks have been knocked out from ATGMs from a distance.
1.5 - 3 km

in the Israeli wars?

[voyaka uh]

In Syria 2015 - 2019.
In the Israeli wars of the 60-70s, ATGMs were used little.
In 2006 - a lot.
But there was no KAZ yet.

[poquello]

Quote: voyaka uh

In Syria 2015 - 2019.

Syria has a peculiar landscape and direct firing points

[Barberry25]

KAZ does not save from artillery shelling from self-propelled guns or mortars ...

[Synoid]

Blessed are the believers.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

And in the side and in the stern, you can pick it out from the RPG-7?))

Firstly, try to approach the tank equipped with modern surveillance systems at a distance of actual RPG fire, and secondly, this tank has an excellent KAZ that cannot be overcome by an RPG.

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Walking towards the light

Strengthened frontal projection. It can participate in network-centric war.

Yes, you calm down among the British, "Chobham" mounted armor appeared back in the XB years, when there was no trace of reactive armor on the SA tanks ...

[Sands Careers General]

This will not be until 2027-30. If it will be.

[Kuroneko]

Bury, finally, the corpse of the stewardess! = _ =

[Uncle Vanya Susanin]

In fact, the British leopard, oh yes, the Germans, oh yes, well done!

[Metlik]

something of its own will remain: armor and anti-tank land mines, for example.

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Uncle Vanya Susanin

In fact, the British leopard, oh yes, the Germans, oh yes, well done!

Well, the "Abrams" also has a German cannon, is it also a "Leopard" now?

[Uncle Vanya Susanin]

The heart of the tank is the engine, and it is German, and the essence of the tank is its weapon, and it is also German, here is the result, and Abrams is an American with a German soul.

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Uncle Vanya Susanin

The heart of the tank is a motor, and he is German

In your opinion, most of the EU Air Force has an English heart .... "Tornado", "Typhoons" ....

[Uncle Vanya Susanin]

Moimu so !!!

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Uncle Vanya Susanin

Moimu so !!!

Well, probably right ...

[BABAY22]

There are now three battalions of tanks for the whole "Great Britain"?
Am I correct?

[Lara Croft]

Quote: BABAY22

There are now three battalions of tanks for the whole "Great Britain"?
Am I correct?

Right. Unlike Russian TB (31-41 tanks), British TB tanks have 50 units, so if 148 tanks are left in the British Army, then we get, or two MBRs. or one armored personnel carrier, the remaining 48 tanks, in training units, a reserve and in mixed mpp ...

[viktor_ui]

Hydro + pneuma is just a killer device in terms of smoothness

[prior]

"The suspension of the tank is "hydropneumatic third generation". "

And what about the Challenger with air conditioning, music and cruise control?

[Uncle lee]

Not a bit, not beautiful, no run across Russia, full power accessories, full ammunition ...

[Skay]

Sorry, why the heck of the rearview mirrors? Or is it a super device?

[Cheerock]

Cannon - German, KAZ - Israeli, engine - German, tank - English?

[Kuroneko]

You almost described the Turkish Altai, but it is still sadder.

[Reserve buildbat]

The gun is German, the KAZ is Israeli, the armor is English, and the tank is "Abrams"! American)))
So the "Challenger" only has its own armor, while the "Abrashka" has a turbine, and even then not quite.

[Kuroneko]

Quote: Uncle Lee

Not bit, not beautiful, without a run across Russia

That's why it's not a beat, because so far without a run across Russia.

[Walking towards the light]

Continuous swamps will definitely not pass through Belarus. It will sink. From the Leningrad direction, it will also sink in the soil. In defense it is useless even as a stationary point buried in the tower in the ground. They dig out the Su-25 because the British do not have air defense to cover tank regiments and brigades.

[voyaka uh]

"for the British do not have air defense to cover tank regiments and brigades." ///
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And the Americans don't either.

Their air defenses are clouds of aircraft, and complete air supremacy over ground operations.

[Walking towards the light]

Yes you what. Here's a joke. Read how many Americans and British lost their planes in Iraq. Not from the newspaper "Yediot Ahronot")) And also how the Ishil and the Taliban drove "Clouds of planes" in Afghanistan and Syria. And read as "clouds of planes" helped to take Iraqi Mosul)). And even earlier, how the US armada tried to bomb Hamjong in Vietnam and what came of it)) Or tell you about April 12, 1951, when aviation is opposed by normal air defense and fighter aircraft.? All your calculations are based on what the enemy has there is no normal air defense .. So the Americans are used to fighting.

[voyaka uh]

There are always losses. They don't fight without losses.

But in all wars and operations, the Americans sought domination
in the air.

[Walking towards the light]

Did it help them, except for Yugoslavia?

[Kuroneko]

In all fairness, they are already trying to do something in the category of marching close-range air defense.

[Walking towards the light]

Useless "fool" is also dear)).

[75 Sergey]

What is being modernized is bad, what is left 148 is good!
Is it possible to leave 148 without modernization?

[Kuroneko]

You can do all 48, and even 8. It all depends on how long Europe will shoot itself in the collective knee, buying gas for almost a dollar per thousand cubic meters.

[75 Sergey]

And where to go, before we would have asked for something from them, but now a limited circle of people controls the gas to Russia and they only need money.

[Kaw]

We will soon be the only country whose tanks are not equipped with active protection. This is despite the fact that we are one of the few countries that have developed such systems themselves.

[poquello]

Quote: Kaw

We will soon be the only country whose tanks are not equipped with active protection. This is despite the fact that we are one of the few countries that have developed such systems themselves.

They themselves developed, by the way, the first ones, they themselves developed a system against the system, well, what for every time to tie your shoes when you then have to untie them? by the way, the part is equipped

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

Great Britain turned out to be a good tank, everything you need is there, including KAZ.

Russia on its tanks and armored vehicles probably KAZ will supply the last of all countries in the world, or not at all.

I wonder how quickly, in case of war, the British will be able to expand the production of these tanks and what capacity the production will have ?!

[Lara Croft]

Quote: Ratmir_Ryazan

I wonder how quickly, in case of war, the British will be able to expand the production of these tanks and what capacity the production will have ?!

In the mid-80s, I read in the "ZVO" that 240 tanks a year .... I don’t know what capacities are now, but in the XB years the British had 1 "Chiefs", which were also supplied abroad, then specially for export the British made the Vickers tanks, and the Scorpion light tanks for the British army and for export ....
Now the British have 227 Challengers-2 and some part of it was made and impregnated in Oman ...
The British are participating in a competition to develop a light tank for the US Armed Forces and to update their fleet of tracked vehicles (both combat and auxiliary) so that the British armored industry will not die ...

[Adimius38]

looks pretty cool