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     2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Battle Tanks1 521     421 402 373 392 354 328 357
Challenger 1 396     46 14 14 12 10 9 8
Challenger 2 19     331 342 313 337 306 293 325
Chieftain2 98     32 32 32 30 30 19 18
Centurion2 8     12 14 14 13 8 7 6
 
  1997     2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Artillery1 436     416 406 413 355 347 357 356
Multiple Launch Rocket System 63     62 60 48 47 42 46 51
105 mm Light Gun 149     146 146 147 132 132 134 118
AS90 155mm gun 164     149 139 156 119 134 121 130
FH70 155m towed howitzer 48     11 12 12 11 8 10 8
105 mm Pack Howitzer2 3     25 25 26 23 14 23 24
2">5.5" Towed Howitzer2 3     12 13 13 13 9 12 14
Abbot 105mm self-propelled gun2 4     5 5 5 5 3 5 5
2">M110 8" self-propelled howitzer2 1     4 4 4 3 3 4 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.