Chapter 4 - Formations, Vessels, Aircraft and Vehicles of the Armed Forces
                   
Table 4.11 Tanks and Artillery Holdings in the UK, Germany, Cyprus and Gibraltar within the scope
                        of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, at 1 January each year
  1997   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Battle Tanks1 521   560 421 402 373 392 354 328
Challenger 1 396   178 46 14 14 12 10 9
Challenger 2 19   341 331 342 313 337 306 293
Chieftain2 98   30 32 32 32 30 30 19
Centurion2 8   11 12 14 14 13 8 7
 
  1997   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Artillery1 436   441 416 406 413 355 347 357
Multiple Launch Rocket System 63   62 62 60 48 47 42 46
105 mm Light Gun 149   133 146 146 147 132 132 134
AS90 155mm gun 164   152 149 139 156 119 134 121
FH70 155m towed howitzer 48   47 11 12 12 11 8 10
105 mm Pack Howitzer2 3   24 25 25 26 23 14 23
5.5" Towed Howitzer2 3   12 12 13 13 13 9 12
Abbot 105mm self-propelled gun2 4   5 5 5 5 5 3 5
M110 8" self-propelled howitzer2 1   4 4 4 4 3 3 4
Tampella Mortar2 1   2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Source: Directorate for Counter-Proliferation and Arms Control
1. See descriptions of equipment on previous pages.
2. Obsolete non-operational equipment used as training aids, gate guardians and museum pieces on CFE declared sites.