Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in rationalising the variants of the CV12 power packsĀ fitted to the various marks and variants of the Challenger 2 tank, including the armoured engineer vehicles.
Overall powerpack commonality can be only achieved between Challenger 2, Challenger 3 and the Challenger Armoured Recovery and Repair Vehicle following the identification of a replacement refrigerant to fill the crew temperature control system to comply with the Montreal protocol. A post-design services task has been placed on contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land for this work.