Chobham armour
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Chobham armour is the informal name of a composite armour developed in the 1960s at the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment, a British tank research centre on Chobham Lane in Chertsey. The
An American XM1 Abrams of the pre-series, the first main battle tank type to be protected by Chobham armour
The British Army's Challenger 1 was the second main battle tank to use Chobham armour
British Army Challenger 2
U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams in 2024
Challenger 1
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The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. The majority of the Challenger 1 fleet was subsequently
Chobham armour
…the context of the development of a British prototype vehicle, the FV4211, and first applied on the preseries of the American M1. Only the M1 Abrams, Challenger 1, Challenger 2, and K1 88-Tank have been disclosed as being thus armoured. The framework holding the ceramics is usually produced in large blocks, giving…
Challenger 1 at Tankfest 2009 at The Tank Museum
Challenger 1 of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards with IFOR markings
Jordanian Challenger 1 Al-Hussein tanks in 2017