British Army’s Next Generation Challenger 3 part 3

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The newly built Challenger 3 will feature a new 120mm Rheinmetall L55A1 smoothbore gun that will replace the current 120mm rifled gun and will be able to fire munitions at a greater velocity with increased penetrating power.
The new main weapon will be able to fire multipurpose advanced programmable ammunition which means that the round can be programmed before firing to neutralize various types of structures, vehicles, or dismounted personnel.
This will help overcome the need for multiple ammunition to be carried, thus increasing the number of ‘ready rounds’ available for targeting whatever the vehicle may encounter.
Also, the new suite of sights will provide tank commanders with enhanced day and night targeting abilities.
“The steel structures will house the turret subsystems which will ensure Challenger 3 is a network-enabled, digital main battle tank with state-of-the-art lethality, upgraded survivability, plus world-class Tank surveillance, and target acquisition capabilities,” the British Army added in a media release.
The addition of Trophy APS would increase the weight of the vehicle between 1-3 tonnes and this weight will be added to the highest point of the vehicle and at the edge of the turret, where it will have the greatest effect on the vehicle’s performance.
Challenger 3 will be equipped with a new “digitized backbone” – as the British Army describes it – that will connect it to other combat vehicles within the Brigade Combat Teams, improving the ability to share data with different platforms in real-time.
The Challenger 3 effort is a part of the British Army’s Future Soldier modernization Program.

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