{"id":103836,"date":"2026-11-14T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=103836"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:30:41","slug":"why-challenger-3-changes-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/why-challenger-3-changes-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Challenger 3 Changes Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/La4D4e7-fK8?si=G4UnqCiwDqa2qg1_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Tank Museum<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 24 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p>Born with the best armour, forged in the desert, and now one of the most advanced designs in the world the Challenger line is the pinnacle of heavy armoured warfare. And for the very first time, all three came together here at TANKFEST 2026. To mark this occasion, we&#8217;re going to unpack what makes the Challenger one of the most formidable Main Battle Tanks in the world.  <\/p>\n<p>00:00 | Introduction<br \/>\n00:57 | Goodbye Cold War. Goodbye Chieftain<br \/>\n09:24 | Two is Better Than One<br \/>\n17:42 | Three\u2019s a Charm<br \/>\n19:55 | Time for a Change<\/p>\n<p>This video features archive footage courtesy of British Path\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, join Chris Copson for a deep dive into the family history of Britain&#8217;s main battle tank \u2013 the Challenger. From the unrivalled firepower of Challenger 1, to the incredible armour of Challenger 2, and now to the digital upgrades of Challenger 3, this family&#8217;s evolution has gone from strength to strength. Both Challengers 1 and 2 have done sterling service with the British Army, but is Challenger 3 the tank of the future?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tank Museum Published 24 Jul 2026 Born with the best armour, forged in the desert, and now one of the most advanced designs in the world the Challenger line is the pinnacle of heavy armoured warfare. And for the very first time, all three came together here at TANKFEST 2026. To mark this occasion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,7,370,5,15,663],"tags":[1403,1600,1611,991,140,333,639,1298,726],"class_list":["post-103836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-history","category-middle-east","category-military","category-technology","category-weapons","tag-1990s","tag-2000s","tag-2010s","tag-afvs","tag-design","tag-iraq","tag-kuwait","tag-museum","tag-ukraine"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-r0M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106026,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103836\/revisions\/106026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}