Challenger Main Battle Tank 1984 1996

Informationen zum Autor Simon Dunstan is a well-established author, film maker and photographer in the field of military history, with several titles already published with Osprey. He specialises on the subject of armoured warfare, a field on which he has been writing for two decades. His books have covered topics such as helicopter and armoured warfare in Vietnam, The British Guards and armoured warfare in Korea. Simon lives and works in London Klappentext The successor to the Chieftain from the 1960's, work began in 1976 on development of a new MBT specifically for the Iranian army, who needed a more capable tank than the Chieftain to suit their climatic and geographical conditions. However, once the revolution occurred in 1979 the British army was reluctantly forced to accept this new design themselves. Once in service there were technical problems resulting in various modifications. However, the Challenger would go on to great success in the Gulf War, playing crucial roles in both Desert Storm and Desert Sabre operations. In this book, Simon Dunstan examines this tank in detail, evaluating its performance both on the test range and in the field of battle. Zusammenfassung The author of this work has had access to de-classified material on the part the Challenger tank played in the Gulf War. Originally developed for the Iranian army in the mid-1970s, the British were reluctantly forced to accept it themselves after the revolution in 1979. Inhaltsverzeichnis Design and Development v Challenger Technical Description · Canadian Army Trophy 1987 · Challenger to Challenger 2 · The Gulf War - Operation Desert Sabre

Product details

• Authors: Simon Dunstan, Dunstan Simon
• Assisted by: Peter Sarson (Illustration), Sarson Peter (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.1998
• EAN: 9781855324855
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-485-5
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 248 mm x 4 mm
• Series: New vanguard series; Osprey New Vanguard S.; New Vanguard; Osprey New Vanguard S.; New vanguard series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Military history: post WW2 conflicts, Warfare & defence, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Modern warfare, c 1990 to c 1999, c 1980 to c 1989, Land forces & warfare, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), Land forces and warfare