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[mrclark303]

As an ex Paratrooper we spent thousands of hours recognising tanks from every nation and learning every aspect of them, especially the Soviet ones obviously.
227 tanks remain out of the original 376. The British Army require the conversions to be finished by 2025. It is assumed that Challenger 2 will remain in service until 2035. However it will be a big task for BAE or it's competitor Rheinmetall Defence.

The tank shape seems to being going back to WW2 with more and more reliance on Chafe to deter missile strikes from the air, or have I a skewed view of tanks.
Being half German half Irish, I have always rated the LEOPARD German tank as one of the best, what does your country have U.S and Canada that compares on upgrades?

Below images left to right: CHALLENGER 2 - LEOPARD - M1 ABRAMS

"BAE or it's competitor Rheinmetall Defence".

Both have now amalgamated for the Challenger deal Gil...

With only 225 in the fleet, you have to wonder if there is much point?

Consider that the only time the UK has deployed armour in strength since WW2 is Gulf Wars 1 and 2.

Both of these depolyed 100 plus MBT's in a cohesive Armored Division...

The question is, can we with a total fleet of 200 odd tanks deploy 100 of them again?

If the answer is no, then I can't see the point in keeping them really...

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Further to this, weapons like Brimstone and the follow on SPEAR 2 will make tanks little more than easy battlefield targets in the future.

I doubt Challenger 2 will be replaced post 2030, that's for sure.