Challenger Tanks: Repairs and Maintenance
(asked on 19th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the Challenger 2 modernisation programme.
This question was answered on 25th March 2025
Through the Armour Main Battle Tank (Armour MBT) programme, 148 existing Challenger 2 platforms will be upgraded to Challenger 3 standard.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr Pollard) on 11 October 2024 to Question 5407 to the hon. Member for East Wiltshire (Mr Kruger), which explains that the Initial Operating Capability and Full Operating Capability for the Armour MBT programme is 2027 and 2030 respectively.