even with the 120 rifled gun the challenger two does fire DU rounds the mod to smooth bore allows it to fire standard nato 1 peice ammo and heat ammunition

The challenger is one sexy tank
I honestly think that the Leapord II, Challenger II, and Abrahms A2 are in a class of their own, power, beauty, effectiveness, what else could you ask for?

Tanks of World War II
The armoured vehicle listings are primarily organized by country of origin. Over 200 tanks listed have detailed and standardized specifications of armor protection, fire-power, mobility and general information.while heavy armer and all-terrain mobility provide protection for the tank and its crew, allowing it to perform all primary tasks of the armoured troops on the battlefield. Tanks were first made by the French,

I think id trust this tank over anything else. The modern day King Tiger

I wonder what other thanks in the world could withstand the pounding mentioned above….:)

god bless british armour desing and secresy lol

British never knew how to make tanks!
Nothing has changed!

two coments are wrong . the challenger would be the the first tank i would choose to go to battle the leoard would be my next chose

Rex if that was the case how come the Abrham uses British chabom armour?
The challenge two is by far the worlds most supperior tank designed specificaly for fast long range warfare the primary requirement of any tank.

I think the british challenger is very stinking, the chinese are way better, Owned.

Challenger 2 probably the best tank in the world today with the Abrahams a close second. Fact is both tanks saw action in the gulf war and both tanks obliterated the T72 and T80 tanks. I have to laugh at the comment that the british cant build tanks since we invented the tank!! The crusader was a really good tank that was a match for the german panzers although it had reliability issues. The centurion was another great tank which totally destroyed russian tanks when used by the Israelies.

Why is every website so behind the times? The project to refit Challenger 2 with the smoothbore gun was cancelled by the new Coalition government in the UK over a year ago. Instead, new three part Tungston ammunition is being developed to mach the performance of the German and US smoothbore rounds.