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Challeneger 3 Upgrade revealed — Image of Challenger 3, during turret demonstrator trials in Unterlüß, Germany on the 22 October 2018. A major upgrade of the British Army’s main battle tank featuring extra fire-power and cutting edge protection systems will ensure the UK remains at the forefront of tank design, poised to respond to future global threats and challenges. A contract with RBSL to deliver 148 Challenger 3 tanks will extend the platform’s out of service date to 2040. It will provide skilled jobs in UK industry, offer export opportunities and will support the case for the UK participation in any future international tank programmes. The overhaul will include a new 120mm smoothbore gun which uses the most advanced globally available ammunition; a new suite of sights providing tank commanders with enhanced day and night targeting abilities; new modular armour, an active protection system and a turret that can be fitted to the tanks of allies and global partners. As part of the Challenger 3's layered protection, the fleet will also be the first to receive the best active protection system (APS) allowing it to recognise incoming threats and neutralise them. The tank will undergo full electromagnetic testing to ensure it is survivable in the most demanding of sensor saturated battle fields. Quelle: British Army

Tower production for the Challenger 3 has started

March 28, 2022

Mit dem Schneiden der ersten Stahlelemente hat bei Pearson Engineering die Herstellung der Turmstrukturen für den neuen Challenger 3 der British Army begonnen. Im Auftrag von Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), des Generalunternehmers für das Challenger 2 Life Time Extension Project, fertigt Pearson Engineering die Turmstrukturen für die 148 umzurüstenden Kampfpanzer. Nach der Umrüstung werden die Kampfpanzer als Challenger 3 bezeichnet. Ihre Lebensdauer soll bis 2040 reichen.

According to the British Army, the steel structures house the turret subsystems that ensure the Challenger 3 is a networked, digital main battle tank with cutting-edge impact, enhanced survivability, and best-in-class surveillance and targeting capabilities. The Challenger 3 will be at the heart of the British Army's modernized warfare capabilities as defined under the Future Soldier programme.

"The turret fabrication being carried out here by Pearson Engineering is critical to the delivery of a fully digitized turret ensuring our modernized main battle tank receives the most effective firepower in Europe," said Brigadier General Nick Cowey, Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for the Program.

Die neue modulare Panzerung wurde den Angaben zufolge auf der Grundlage von Fortschritten in der Panzerungstechnologie entwickelt. Als Teil des mehrschichtigen Schutzes des Challenger 3 wird die Flotte auch die erste Plattform der British Army sein, die das aktive Schutzsystem (APS) erhält, das es ihr ermöglichen soll, ankommende Bedrohungen zu erkennen und zu neutralisieren.

Die Steigerung der Feuerkraft wird mit einer neuen 120-mm-Glattrohrkanone in Verbindung mit moderner Munition erreicht. Eine neue Zieloptik ermöglicht dem Panzerkommandanten eine Tag-/Nacht-Aufklärung bei jedem Wetter.

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