It's an iterative improvement of the earlier Challenger 1 tank, which builds upon previous British tank designs. Perhaps the main gun is the most unique feature of Challenger 1 and Challenger 2.

The Challenger 1 was conceived as an upgrade of the British Chieftain tank. The Chieftain's primary shortcoming was its lack of armor, leaving it vulnerable to opposing tank fire. The British ...

An even earlier version, the Challenger 1, is believed to hold the record for longest-range tank-to-tank kill in history, with the vehicle destroying an Iraqi tank at a range of three miles during ...

The British invented the tank during World War I in an attempt ... in the 1980s and served as a replacement for the Challenger 1. It was originally built by British company Vickers, which ...

The remaining tank would be upgraded to the nearly 74-ton Challenger 3 model at a cost of roughly £800 million (equivalent to roughly $1 billion USD, or $6.7 million per refurbished tank.) Promisingly ...

The Challenger 2 emerged as a heavily redesigned successor to the Challenger 1 tank, which in its only combat—the 1991 Gulf War versus Iraq—performed well, destroying around 300 tanks ...

A British Challenger 1 set the record for the longest ever confirmed tank kill, at 4.7km — just under three miles — during the 1991 Gulf War. Kayfarick, 26, said his crew had been regularly ...

According to the UK Defence Journal, “the Challenger 3 battle tank programme [sic] has achieved a noteworthy feat by being ahead of schedule and within budget.” The nearly $1 billion ...

1980s-era Challenger 1. The tanks were delivered between 1994 and 2002, and included a rifled 120mm main gun, British-designed Chobham armor, and a power pack built around a Perkins Condor V12 ...

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or around 1.2 miles. In the first Gulf War in 1991, a British Challenger tank scored the longest tank-on-tank kill ever, according to reports, after knocking out an Iraqi tank three miles away.