Challenger 3 MBT - Technical Data and Discussion

Tier 4 forehead modification unlocked

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Tier 4head

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Wish they could have taken a picture of the turre the right way around lol. Can’t really see what the mantlet is looking like.

Looks the same as in the first photos

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Same as the first photos, maybe the next prototypes will have different mantlets

The front plates look thicker than on the Cr2 and the smoke launchers are lower down on the cheeks

What makes you think that?

No reason, just a thought they might change the design some way.

I would guess with the repositioning of the the smoke launchers ewe could expect a turret front add on?

Perhaps or maybe to have the wiring go under the main armour face rather than through it? Although it may be like that on Cr2 and this is purely a design choice

Indeed! When I saw the first pre-production pictures, I found its lack of forehead disturbing lmao

It looked like an unfinished model kit, or a drawing by a kid.

Now it looks fiiiiiine.

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i was thinking and wouldnt it be easy to just move the smoke launchers if they want to had the wedges like the 130mm version has?

i mean i suspect theyre activated from a wire that goes underneath the turret.

also a lot of comments on x talk about “only” 148 but if we consider materials like titanium in the composite price isnt also that important as availability of those materials.

You can see here that there are small notches on the lower edge of the cheek which the wiring for the launchers is routed through

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Purely design i guess or something will attach on the cheeks? Maybe we shall see soon

probably moved as a result of them working out where they want Trophy is my guess, either to create space for the wiring for trophy or to create the actual space on the turret itself

Could just be that they need the space to mount ballast plates on the front of the turret for various trials and tests

Thats not right. Mounting the trophy sensors above the smoke launcher would look ugly :)

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Let’s not forget that the mock-up was mounted on the rear half of Teddy’s turret:

Thats just to show off the technology, its not actually going to be mounted like that, and if it is i will be very suprised.

It’s also possible that the black area on the turret is intended as a cover for the mounting point, the same way Teddy had regular plates there when the trophy mock-up wasn’t present