Seventy-five tons, over eight meters long, and packing a 120 mm rifled cannon that makes the 88s on old World War II German tanks feel sorry for themselves. These are just the highlights of the ...

As the British Army prepares to replace its aging—but still effective—Challenger 2 tanks with newer Challenger 3 ones, no determination has yet been made on what to do with them. The United Kingdom’s ...

Britain has been using the Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT) since it was first introduced in the 1990s. Plans to upgrade the U.K.'s fleet of MBTs in the early 2000s, but issues arose, and the tanks ...

The Abrams, Challenger 2, and Leopard 2 are considered upgrades when it comes to Ukraine’s aging tank fleet. Since Russia’s Ukraine invasion was launched back in February 2022, both Kyiv and Moscow ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) an GBP800 million (USD1.17 billion) contract to upgrade 148 Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBTs) to the Challenger 3 ...

Key point: London does make good tanks, but the Challenger 2 is missing many modern upgrades that other states possess. In fact, the U.K. has actually reduced the number of Challenger 2 tanks it ...

The Times newspaper reported on 19 April that the British Army is set to reduce its operational Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT) fleet from 227 to 148 vehicles during their Life Extension Project ...