{"id":9609,"date":"2022-03-28T12:48:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9609"},"modified":"2022-03-28T12:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:48:56","slug":"challenger-3-la-nueva-generacion-de-tanques-de-batalla-del-ejercito-britanico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=9609","title":{"rendered":"Challenger-3, la nueva generaci\u00f3n de tanques de batalla del Ej\u00e9rcito Brit\u00e1nico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Con el fin de modernizar la flota de tanques de batalla Challenger-2, en servicio en el Ej\u00e9rcito Brit\u00e1nico desde 1994, el consorcio Rheinmetall-BAE Systems Land (RBSL), avanza en la nueva generaci\u00f3n denominada \u201cChallenger \u2013 3\u201d. Sus principales caracter\u00edsticas son: una torreta completamente nueva y totalmente digitalizada para operar en las m\u00e1s modernas redes t\u00e1cticas; nuevo ca\u00f1\u00f3n de 120mm de \u00e1nima lisa y apto para disparar proyectiles programables, de mayor alcance; Sistema de Protecci\u00f3n Activa (APS) para hacer frente a la amenaza de modernos sistemas Atan; mayor supervivencia para la tripulaci\u00f3n, son algunas de las principales caracter\u00edsticas de esta modernizaci\u00f3n que alcanzar\u00eda inicialmente a 148 tanques, los que comenzar\u00edan a ser provistos en 2027.<\/p>\n

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The British Army, which has included a steadily dwindling tank force since the end of the Cold War, has begun work on its next-generation main battle tank, or MBT, the Challenger 3 upgrade. While the changing face of land warfare had seen\u00a0speculation<\/a>\u00a0that the United Kingdom might do away with its tanks altogether, the\u00a0situation in Eastern Europe<\/a>, in particular, has seen the focus switch back to armored warfare. The 148 Challenger 3s, to be upgraded from existing\u00a0Challenger 2s<\/a>\u00a0at a cost of around $1.3 billion, will be expected to ensure these capabilities remain intact until at least 2040. The Challenger 3 option was\u00a0selected in favor<\/a>\u00a0of buying new off-the-shelf\u00a0Leopard 2<\/a>\u00a0tanks from Germany.<\/p>\n

The British Army has announced that a\u00a0steel-cutting ceremony<\/a>\u00a0to mark the launch of the Challenger 3 upgrade work took place yesterday at Armstrong Works in Newcastle, northeast England. At this facility, Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), the prime contractor for the project, and subcontractor Pearson Engineering are completing the new turrets for the Challenger 3s.<\/p>\n

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A prototype Challenger 3, during turret demonstrator trials in Unterl\u00fc\u00df, Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cThe turret fabrication being conducted here by Pearson Engineering is crucial for the delivery of a fully digitized turret, ensuring that our modernized main battle tank is the most lethal in Europe,\u201d\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0Brig. Nick Cowey, the Senior Responsible Officer for the Challenger 3 program. The all-new turrets are the most significant part of the upgrade, but other work addresses the hull, main gun, and various systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe steel structures will house the turret subsystems which will ensure Challenger 3 is a network-enabled, digital main battle tank with state-of-the-art lethality, upgraded survivability, plus world-class surveillance, and target acquisition capabilities,\u201d the British Army added in a\u00a0media release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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