New UK main battle tank

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New UK main battle tank

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Just read on the news...

"Army to receive 148 of ‘most lethal’ battle tanks in Europe. The contract will see 200 jobs created in Shropshire and a further 450 roles elsewhere in the country."

That's good news for our 3D printer crew as they are Challenger 3, a much updated version of the Chally 2 so we'll probably see them here first!

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Re: New UK main battle tank

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My thought is that this has been posted in 2 or 3 different threads already.
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I think there has been talk of it, or something like it, but there have also been denials and alternative suggestions. It's now official and contracts are announced. I

It's interesting that we are getting another traditional tank as there's been a lot if sound cases for smaller rocket launcher type vehicles. That said, one of the features of the new Chally 3 mbt is a top speed of 60mph. No slouch!
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Tiger6 wrote:My thought is that this has been posted in 2 or 3 different threads already.

Challenger 3. - RC Tank Warfare
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Challenger 3 - RC Tank Warfare
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Hmm, thanks for that, my bad as they say. My only defense is that l was not notified of these new posts. I thought the forum sent us notice of all new topics and posts. Is something not working? Feel free to delete this thread, it's serves no purpose now.
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