British Army Prefers RCH-155 Gun Over Archer
British Army preferred German RCH-155 over BAE Systems' Archer to replace AS-90 self-propelled guns within the Mobile Fires Platform program.
RBSL News
Land
Land
British Army Receives Eight Prototypes of Challenger 3 MBT
UK Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps unveiled the Challenger 3 MBT from his social account as “the first fully British built tank in 22 years.”
Engine and Transmission
British BOXERs Will Use Rolls-Royce’s Engine
WFEL and Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) selected Rolls-Royce to supply their MTU 8v 199 TS21 engines for the British Army’s BOXER armoured vehicles.
Land
Modernisation
British Army to modernise 148 Challenger tanks in £800m deal
British Defence ministry announced that the army would get next-generation Challenger 3 battle tank. “A multi-million-pound investment will deliver the most lethal tank in Europe and allow us to modernise our land forces.” The ministry said on Twitter.
