I mean the first one if it’s the P1 could potentially become a challenger 3.
Structural elements of the Challenger 3 are already arriving at RBSL’s Telford factory to build the first prototype vehicle.
Last month, the first so-called citadel for Prototype 1 (P1) arrived, which is the steel structure that forms the basis of the first Challenger 3 turret.
While it will initially be used in the first trial vehicle, contractors will upgrade the P1 citadel itself to form part of a fully operational Challenger 3.
. Although externally the new turret looks similar to Challenger 2’s existing one, Rheinmetall has taken an existing Leopard 2 turret and comprehensively re-engineered it.
The place has just had a clean up, removed the spall liners and checkerplates
Comparing the bulkheads and of the less cluttered interior of the CR2 loader trainer to what RBSL showed in their promo video makes it easier to see the internal geometry on the loader’s side is identical
The production turret will have more in common with a Leo turret by the sounds of it, but that’s a new built turret. Again, not a modified Leopard turret.