Challenger Main Battle Tank 1982-97 (New Vanguard)

By Simon Dunstan

The successor to the Chieftain from the 1960's, paintings begun in 1976 on improvement of a brand new MBT in particular for the Iranian military, who wanted a extra able tank than the Chieftain to fit their climatic and geographical stipulations. notwithstanding, as soon as the revolution happened in 1979 the British military used to be reluctantly compelled to simply accept this new layout themselves. as soon as in provider there have been technical difficulties leading to numerous adjustments. despite the fact that, the Challenger may pass directly to nice good fortune within the Gulf conflict, taking part in an important roles in either desolate tract hurricane and desolate tract Sabre operations. during this publication, Simon Dunstan examines this tank intimately, comparing its functionality either at the try out diversity and within the box of conflict.

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