Challenger 3 is a British fourth-generation main battle tank in development for the British Army. It will be produced by the conversion of existing Challenger 2 tanks by the British/German Rheinmetall
Challenger 3 Advanced Technology Demonstrator
The initial Challenger 3 technology demonstrator by RBSL (2021), resembling the 2019 Challenger 2 LEP by Rheinmetall.
A pre-production Challenger 3 on display at DVD2024, a defence equipment exhibition at the Millbrook Proving Ground, in September 2024
The FV4034 Challenger 2 is a third generation British main battle tank in service with the armies of the United Kingdom, Oman, and Ukraine.
Challenger 3
…Challenger 3 (CR3) is a British fourth-generation main battle tank in development for the British Army. It will be produced by the conversion of existing Challenger 2 tanks by the British/German Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land joint venture. Improvements to Challenger 2 began in 2005 as the Capability And Sustainment…
A Challenger 2 tank patrolling outside Basra, Iraq, during Operation Telic, 2004
A Challenger 2 Tank of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Squadron D) during live fire training exercises on Bergen-Hohne Training Area (Germany)
A Challenger 2 firing its main armament during an exercise. The shell is visible to the left of the smoke cloud.
Close-up of muzzle showing rifling