Could British Army's Challenger 3 tank be too heavy?

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Could Challenger 3's weight be preventing it from being as effective as it could potentially be?

Doctor Jack Watling, a Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the defence and security think tank Royal United Services Institute, has suggested that the new 66-tonne Challenger 3 main battle tank (MBT) currently being developed, might be too heavy.

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