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The LEP is intended to push the Challenger 2's withdrawal date back from 2025 until 2035.īAE and Rheinmetall won £23million preliminary contracts in December 2016 for a development phase of the bidding in which both companies were ordered to come up with designs.īoth contractors will bid for the Demonstration, Manufacture and In Service contract phases to provide the finished vehicles. The firm is leading a partnership of major defence firms, collectively known as Team Challenger 2, to bid for the tank's Life Extension Project (LEP). The tank can detect incoming enemy weapons and respond automatically in what manufacturers BAE Systems - bidding for the final contract - call an 'active protection' system The vehicle would have two independent night vision systems allowing a gunner to focus on one target while a commander identifies others simultaneously They are intended to provide extremely sharp night images, in one of the new features which gives the upgraded vehicle its name 'Black Night'. The new tank also carries front and rear infrared cameras described by the firm as 'similar to those used in television programmes such as Planet Earth II' - the nature documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough.
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In a further defensive upgrade the new tank can identify the source of a threat with a laser warning system and automatically turn the gun to face in that direction. The sophisticated defence mechanism can automatically launch a counter-explosive to neutralise the threat, the manufacturers have said. Its features include an 'active protection system' which allows the upgraded Challenger 2 to detect incoming anti-tank missiles or armour penetrating rounds. The latest design for the upgrade was developed at BAE's its combat vehicles hub in the West Midlands. It is currently in service with the Queen’s Royal Hussars, the King’s Royal Hussars and the Royal Tank Regiment. The tank was also deployed in Bosnia and Kosovo during the NATO-led mission in former Yugoslavia in the late 1990s.Ĭhallenger 2 has a crew of four and carries a 120mm main gun and two 7.62mm machine guns, with a top speed of around 37mph.
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