Question follow-through · 81264
Challenger Tanks
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Challenger 3 in battlefield configuration has exceeded its maximum weight limit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Challenger 3 in battlefield configuration has exceeded its maximum weight limit.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Challenger 3 tank is being designed to meet its weight requirement.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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