Building Challenger 2. (tank)

From: Armada International | Date: June 1, 1990 | Copyright information

Building Challenger 2

Production of the nine Challenger 2 prototypes ordered by the British Defence Ministry has been undertaken at the Leeds tank factory which, until taken over by Vickers in 1986, had been part of the then state-owned Royal Ordnance.

The decision to sell the plant which had produced Challenger 1 to its only domestic competitor attracted some criticism from those who maintained that the deal would create an entirely new monopoly. In practice, it...

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