Who has the best main battle tank? The world’s top 10 main battle tanks. Leopard 2A7+, Germany. Abrams M1A2, United States of America. T-14 Armata, Russia. Challenger 2, United Kingdom. K2 Black Panther, South Korea. Merkava Mk. Type 10 (TK-X), Japan. The increasing deployments of British tanks to the European continent due to Russian aggression has “not affected” the decision to reduce the British Challenger tank fleet from 227 to 148. The information came to light via a Parliamentary Written Question. “To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether plans to send Challenger II The UK announced that it would send 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine back in January. At the time, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the battle tank would help Kyiv's forces "push Russian troops back". Germany has become one of Ukraine’s leading weapons suppliers in the 11 months since Russia’s invasion. The debate among allies about the merits of sending battle tanks to Ukraine has focused the spotlight relentlessly on Germany, whose Leopard 2 tank is used by many other countries and has long been sought by Kyiv. “Such tanks, supplied by the United Kingdom, have recently arrived in our country. These fantastic machines will soon begin their combat missions.” A total of 14 Challenger 2 tanks are being An £800 million (US$1.3 billion) contract to upgrade the British Army’s Challenger main battle tank was recently awarded to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land, with the aim of producing the ‘most lethal tank in Europe’. But will the Challenger 3 programme fare better than some of the United Kingdom’s other recent armoured-vehicle efforts? Challenger 2 . The UK is sending 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, which can each carry a 120mm rifled gun with 47 rounds. In service since 1994, the Challenger 2 main battle tank is designed The Warrior has the speed and performance to keep up with a Challenger 2 main battle tank over the most difficult terrain. The vehicle is fitted with a two-man GKN Sankey turret, armed with a non- stabilized L21A1 30 mm RARDEN cannon capable of destroying some APCs at a maximum range of 1,500 m (1,600 yd), and an L94A1 EX-34 7.62 mm Hughes jVSdRzH.