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4 hours ago, Newtonk said:

Chieftain Enigma conversion in 1/35 scale, is this a genuine proposal for the MBT?

https://dragonbadger.co.uk/product/chieftain-heavy-armour-conversion-in-1-35-scales-3d-print/

 

 

This was a proposal to up-armor the Chieftain using Burlingon (Chobham) armor in the late 1960s. The shape of the turret resulted in really poor armor coverage, hence the idea was abandoned in favor of developing a new variant of the Chieftain with built-in Burlington armor.

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Challenger 3:

According to RBSL and the Integration Project Manager, Challenger 2s upgraded as part of LEP will be called Challenger 3.
The two former teams (BAE-General Dynamics and Rheinmetall) have been merged under 'Team Challenger 3'.

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https://rbsl.com/capabilities/tracked-vehicles/challenger2

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17 hours ago, David Moyes said:

Challenger 3:

According to RBSL and the Integration Project Manager, Challenger 2s upgraded as part of LEP will be called Challenger 3.
The two former teams (BAE-General Dynamics and Rheinmetall) have been merged under 'Team Challenger 3'.

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https://rbsl.com/capabilities/tracked-vehicles/challenger2

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Let’s wait for the formal announcement. 

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Lots of interesting details in there. New modular armour design at Porton Down (a Dstl site)? I assumed the armour would be some form of AMAP given Rheinmetall's lead on the project but I guess not.

 

They also hint at a powerpack upgrade and indicated the weapon is at the same level as the new Leos and Abrams - seems more L55A1 than 130.

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2 hours ago, alanch90 said:

Yeah i noticed that too. Wasn't expecting to see the Dorchester getting replaced. Guess that the new armor is going to be called "Port Down armor".

 

I'm suspecting the new armor is only on the new turret. When they mention upgrading the family of vehicles like CRARRV they mention only mechanical changes. Which would make sense.

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The new armour could also theoretically be used in the lower glacis and side add-on packs.
Powerpack has been known for a while but to what extent isn't.

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Royal Ordnance Factory Main Battle Tank (Prototype NOP4030/3) at the British Army Equipment Exhibition in Pegasus Village, Aldershot.
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3 hours ago, SH_MM said:

I've been saying that these are just storage boxes for two years. Thanks for posting the photographic evidence here ;):)


The boxes with ribbing are storage.
Full length + height module configuration is armour. Except for the front right modules which appear to be storage + armour:

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Armour configurations:

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So when the PSO kit is installed, are all contents of the storage boxes dropped - or is there a reason why the PSO kit includes net armor and slat armor :rolleyes:

 

There is additional armor for the hull sides. That this armor is not installed ontop of the storage boxes (or the new armor also acts as storage boxes) is debatable given the light-weight anti-RPG system.

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How would you open the modules? 
There's no doors on individual modules and the tops are bolted. The entire module array is bolted together and only the side skirt sections have hinges
To access the supposed top storage you would have to lift and hold the entire array:

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I imagine that the logic with PSO fit is that the vehicles would be operating closely from FOBs and not need as much autonomy. 

Early renders showed vehicles covered entirely in slat armour and equipment bolted onto the hull:

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