Challenger 3 MBT - Technical Data and Discussion

yep 100mm equivalent in gaijin primary sources

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Suprised will i be not


improved image provided by Roshindow, along with the CR2 Black Knight comparison:
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basically it’s a lot chonkier, the turret front is steeper and a little further forward

I was going to say the turret face looks sharper lmao

Thats helps, clearly there’s a revised bustle, looks as if the armour plate on the turret face entends right the way to the top or the turret, thickened UFP, obviously TOGS has gone.

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There’s no visible ‘secondary’ slope on the upper part of the strikeface too (i spent 3 minutes trying to remember that word).

Composite probably goes right to the roof. Sides are steaper too, probably be a bit roomier for the crew

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comparison to the Tech demonstrator


area around the mantlet has got a cosmetic change and the corner of the cheeks going towards the mantlet are very differently shaped

She’s still clearly not finished. At least we know what she’ll generally look like. Wonder if they’ll buff the LFP. Shame they can’t really do something about that god awful drivers view port. Can’t they just fill it in and give him a computer screen to look out of? less likely to get their head blown off.

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New breech stuff. Thiccer turret Cheeks and UFP. And some sight changes for gunner and commander.

No more gunner’s auxiliary sight?

at that point you may as well just design a new hull or go back to the OG CR2 turret hull combo (Vickers Mk7) and do a Leo 2 hull, since Rheinmetall is overall in charge of the project and parts owns the rights to the Leo 2A4

As cursed as it would be, this turret on a Leo 2 hull (with the armour add-on) would be pretty good.

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maybe this? don’t forget this is without the cosmetic elements or full protective housings

new storage solutions look wierd (kinda looks like the entire rear is becoming a ammo rack like on abrams)
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Nah, the thing on top is APS mount
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well with the turret cheeks getting taller my commander wont be dead half the battle

Rivets all over the turret bringing back that WW2 British tank aesthetic

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