The traverse mounted it which allowed for minimal changes
I’ve seen what would be required to fit the Leopard 2 power pack and that would require changes
Almost everything I see is that it’s getting an uprated engine of some kind. It wouldn’t make sense not too as automotive tech has come a long way since the 80s and 90s
i mean one of the heavy critiques during the presentation of the challenger 3 in 2023 was the lack of a new hull since having no armor on the lower plate was a heavy no from a lot of people, but its understandable since the UK has to deal with a very limited budget and the challenger 3 just enters this pretty limited budget, also made me remember yall should be getting DM63 with it if they ever introduce it
Yeah main issue is the hull and they aint new hulls either
I bet we will get BAE to start up the factory’s in Sweden in a few years
right now, the UK budget regarding that is a bit scarce, so i doubt we will see anything soon as of rn, i remember seeing somewhere something about possible composite addition in the lower hull to solve that issue in the meantime tho
ah yeah this thing, looks weird but should work
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Well it is only a model we will see
Can’t wait to see a model with all armour kits applied, so far we’ve only see models with the LP kit, or with the turret and UFP plates
And don’t forget Trophy
It looks like it’ll align with the UFP add-on when both are mounted?
The transverse mounting of the engine is standard. page 18 has an image of the power pack https://www.mtu-solutions.com/content/dam/mtu/download/applications/defense/16120014_LandDefense_brochure.pdf/_jcr_content/renditions/original./16120014_LandDefense_brochure.pdf
No an updated TN54E
Nah somebody just phone Grant Shapps and beg him for the euro power pack. All Cr2’s should have been upgraded to the 2E, and then we should have just made Cr3 weigh less.
Actually you know what, we should of just got a new line of Cr2 hulls with the euro power pack, and just integrated the 120 smoothbore into the Cr2, then either convert the old hulls into recovery vehicles/engineering vehicles or just have the old Cr2 be infantry support only, since they are about as slow as a churchill
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Redesigned with a better armour scheme.
With all the money wasted on Ajax issue’s you probably could’ve done that.
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I’ll have you know that money went to the greatest cause of all, lining the pockets of the general who chose general dynamics, then joined them as a “non-executive” executive.
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unless they changed anything it was confirmed the cr3 would use cv12-9a
