The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed the successful completion of live qualification firings of the British Army's future Challenger 3 main battle tank (MBT). The trials, carried out in ...

The Challenger 3 tanks will replace the existing Challenger 2 vehicles as part of an overhaul of the British Army An £800m contract has been agreed to supply the Army with 148 upgraded, fully ...

It was 104 years ago this month that the British military first used “tanks” in battle, and that came just a year after Winston Churchill established the Landships Committee, which oversaw the ...

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 ...

“When I joined my regiment in 1980, the British Army of the Rhine alone had 900 tanks,” Crawford wrote in U.K. Defense Journal. “Now we will have roughly one-sixth of that number.

The British Army is planning to upgrade just 148 of its 227 Challenger 2 tanks, according to The Times. The proposed cut to the armored force — the British Army’s second major reduction in ...

A £290m contract to provide tank transporters for the British Army for the next 20 years has been signed. The deal was signed with the British consortium FASTTRAX who will own, operate and maintain ...