The British Army's Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank is set to redefine modern warfare with its cutting-edge technology and unmatched firepower. Awarded an 800 million-pound contract in May 2021, the ...

The British Army has rolled out the prototypes of its Challenger 3 main battle tank, which are undergoing their first live-fire tests in Germany. The upgraded tank not only has a deadlier gun, but ...

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) has won an £800-million (US$1.1-billion) contract from the Ministry of Defence to upgrade 148 of the British Army's Cold War era Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks ...

The British Army hasn’t bought new main battle tanks—or significantly upgraded its existing tanks— in nearly a generation. From a peak of more than 400 Challenger 2 tanks, just 200 or so ...

There will though be fewer of them. The British Army has 227 ageing Challenger 2 tanks. Only 148 of them will be modernised and they won't be entirely new.

David Axe, writing for Forbes in November 2020, laid out why such a move would make sense: “The British Army needs new main battle tanks—bad. Realistically, it has two options.

By comparison, the entire British Army in 2020 possesses just 227 Challenger 2 tanks. I Corps defended a sector of NATO’s northeastern flank in northern West Germany just south of Denmark.

The British Army’s Challenger 3 was showcased at the DVD 2024 event in September, offering industry and media a rare glimpse of the next-generation main battle tank.