Challenger Main Battle Tank 1982-97 (New Vanguard) [Paperback]

Simon Dunstan (Author), Peter Sarson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1998 | Series: New Vanguard (Book 23)

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.

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The unrivalled illustrated reference on fighting vehicles, transport and artillery through the ages. Each volume is illustrated throughout, making these books uniquely accessible to history enthusiasts of all ages.

About the Author

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855324857
• ISBN-13: 978-1855324855
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.2 x 9.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Challenger Tank, from a modeler's perspective, October 8, 2000

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This review is from: Challenger Main Battle Tank 1982-97 (New Vanguard) (Paperback)

The book in the Vanguard Series about the Challenger Main Battle Tank offers a good introduction about the development of the tank and its configurations. This is about as far the book goes. For a modeler who is looking for more close-up details and always hungry for a lot of color photographs in all prespectives possible, the book falls short of expectations. Modelers would be more rewarded from specialty publications like Concord Publications, Squadron "walk- around" series or the excellent publications from Verlinden.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK stuff, September 6, 2001

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This review is from: Challenger Main Battle Tank 1982-97 (New Vanguard) (Paperback)

I enjoyed the history of the Challenger tank and the author's frankness about its shorcomings (you do have to read between the lines, though, afterall, the author is British). These New Vanguard books are a compromise between larger, more detailed histories and photo books aimed at modlers. As with many compromises, not all will be satisfied. Its a good buy, what soured me was the interior cutaway lacked complete detail & is hard to see some of the drawing due to the way the drawing is cut out on the centerfold page. The older Vanguard series avoided this by having the interior drawings (and more of them) on one page.