I have previously read that the British Armoured Corp once considered as a replacement for the Challenger I to use a Leopard 2 chassis with an US M1A1 turret.
I have now just recently read that the potential replacement for the Challenger II will be a mashup of a modified Challenger II chassis and a German turret. I am presuming they are talking about one of the Leopard 2 turret variants.
So either of these could be very interesting kit bashes.
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British Armor Potential Kit Bashing
Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 08:15 AM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 08:42 AM UTC
I believe the challenger two with the German turret refers not to a leopard turret, but simply to a modified challenger turret fitted with a smoothbore gun, built by Rheinmetall