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Informationen zum Autor Graeme Davidson is a Captain in the Canadian Army and the Artillery Trials Officer at the Land Forces Test & Evaluation Unit. He was educated at the Royal Military College, where he earned a BA (Hons) in History. He has been modelling AFVs and Aircraft for several years, and his work has been published in modelling magazines and the galleries of www.missing-lynx.com. Pat Johnston is a founding member of the New Brunswick Military Modelers and his main interests are in German Armour of World War II; however, he has recently discovered a taste for modern armour and even aircraft modelling. He is a past winner of the Tamiyacon Canada grand prize and his work is featured in The Marder Self-Propelled Gun and The T-55 Main Battle Tank . Robert Oehler is the former Marketing Manager at Tamiya America, Inc., and was regularly involved in the research that served as the basis for the Tamiya military models. He has regularly contributed product reviews, demonstration articles and historical interest features to magazines throughout the world. He is the USA Consulting Editor for Tamiya Model Magazine International as well as for the Osprey Modeling series. Klappentext Introduced to the British Army in 1983, Challenger Main Battle Tanks have served operationally in the Balkans and both Gulf Wars, where their firepower, protection and shock action were instrumental to the success of British forces. In addition to the familiar gun tanks, the Challenger family encompasses the Rhino Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (ARRV), highly modified Desert Challenger 2s operated by the Royal Army of Oman and the radical Falcon 2 being developed by the Jordanian Army. This book covers a wide range of these variants, with each chapter presenting a different build using colour photos to illustrate scratch-building, painting and weathering techniques across a variety of skill levels. Zusammenfassung Introduced to the British Army in 1983, the Challenger Main Battle Tanks have served operationally in the Balkans and both Gulf Wars. This book covers a range of the Challenger family, and highlights their firepower, protection and shock action that have been instrumental to the success of British forces....
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Graeme Davidson, Pat Johnston
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Introduced to the British Army in 1983, the Challenger Main Battle Tanks have served operationally in the Balkans and both Gulf Wars. This book covers a range of the Challenger family, and highlights their firepower, protection and shock action that have been instrumental to the success of British forces.
