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Challenger Tanks: Ammunition

Asked by Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 1 April 2025UIN 41798

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the development of the Enhanced Kinetic Energy round for the Challenger 3; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure its lethality matches that of the depleted uraniu

Answered by Maria Eagle

The qualification of selected Enhanced Kinetic Energy ammunition has already started under a bilateral UK-Germany programme. This ammunition will deliver a significant enhancement to the lethality provided by the current ammunition of Challenger 2.

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