FV4034 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank (British Army)

[The Armchair Soldier]

[Ron5]

How about this as showed at AUSA 2019 for the Challenger 2 update program:

https://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/206657/rheinmetall-to-show-next_gen-130mm-tank-gun-at-ausa.html

[ArmChairCivvy]

rheinmetall-to-show-next_gen-130mm-

Why have they been trucking ... err, on a train, the old 140 mm prototype [tank] around the country,
has it been to try this one out (and now to be outed)?

[Lord Jim]

Most likely outcome is the 130mm L/51 being pencilled in for the Challenger/Leopard 2/ Leclerc successor, whenever that appears. IF the US adopted it for say a M1A4 that might push the Germans to upgrade some of their Leo 2s, but everyone has too many programmes with not enough resources.