Challenger 2 MBT - Technical data and Discussion (Part 1)

@DevilO6 @Fireball_2020

Those are the flashing beacon (aka. “winky wonky”) and the meteorological sensor. The met sensor should be raised while the tank is at action, but the flashing beacon is only fitted on ranges to indicate the firing state of the tank to range control.

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As in the bottom of the mantlet?

Bear in mind the 2nd 30mm layer below is shorter by a bit

I know the reason


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This plate is a bit high

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Babe wake up, a new chobham armour video just dropped.

Babe wake up the chobham gets video has been reposted for the 22nd time xD

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Gotta keep it alive ))

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The gun is being depressed in this picture, you can see how the mantlet is ‘behind’ the turret cheeks rather than in line with them like in these:

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And here it shows what it looks like at a near 0° angle

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This plate needs to be moved back or down a bit

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is that on all challengers?, quite a big nerf from the current 3x-10x and 25->-7 degrees of FOV.

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only BN commander optics

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Yeah it does, but the height is correct

@Fireball_2020 got some docs on the sight?

Phew…

was worried for a moment that Gaijin had nerfed CR2 in long range fire

All BESH have been changed in dev…?
8mm pen for all
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From the current
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