Challenger 3 MBT - Technical Data and Discussion

EKE?I think it’s more likely to wait for KE2020Neo to finish and then generalize to Challenger 3

“Firepower is the purpose of MBT’s existence, and in our opinion, the main gun will still be the main combat weapon of the tank,” said Dr. Tobias Schmidt, project director of the Rhine Metal Future Artillery System (FGS).
In proving the necessity of increasing the calibre from 120mm to 130mm, Schmidt pointed out that a study conducted by Rheinmetal in the mid-2010s showed that the combination of a 120mm L55A1 gun and a DM73 APFSDS armour-piercing shell ensures a modern enemy target. With enough lethal capacity with a range of 1,000 metres, the new DM83 has increased to 1,500 metres, which is expected to be put into use in 2026. However, this is considered to be the end of the growth potential of the 120mm smoothbore gun developed in the 1970s, which means that it is impossible to counter heavier armoured targets in a longer range and improve armour-piercing performance. Therefore, Rheinmetal decided to improve the calibre to meet the new requirements of customer definitions.

Has trophy APS been passed to devs, because CR3 clearly has access to it?


It was a mock up and a bad one and the TD is the 2019 one

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fake as well?

That is not on the demonstrator what is on it is a mockup

it is true but trophy APS is being tested for CR3 not some other tank. Or they want to add another CR3 in future?

the TD in the name means tech demonstrator. its an altered cr2

It test for CR3 which is not out yet
The tank we have in game is a 2019 tech demonstrator
Their will be another CR3 down the line

I guess there will be another

knowing gaijin they will had a cr3 and later a cr3 with addon armour. so… 2 more

We will see what they add to the prototype

how about new CR2 with additional armor in front hull?

trials should start soon

afaik there is no new cr2 with additional armour


The next tank we could get is this one with its add ons when they are ready

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i would prefer they wait for the trials one if they wish to add another before the delivered version.

that one doesnt even have a loader machine gun mounted

Yeah, i can see this, if they add the 2021 model with the trophy, this one and the production model people will cry because there are too many challengers and they dont have their abrams X or kf51
They could give the one in game a modification upgrading it to the 2021 standard

also i dont want to grind 5 cr3. a very good lineup would be the trials one which even if it doesnt have trophy mounted will have spall liners, the production model and the production model with addon armour.

a 3 tank lineup for top tier

I made a suggestion for making addon armor and trophy a modification for CR3 . So it would work like t80-bvm or t72-b3, but it got deleted for some reason

I rather them add the prototype when it has trophy and its other add ons