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Title: Chieftain
Condition: New
Subtitle: British Cold War Main Battle Tank
Author: Robert Jackson
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781526741424
ISBN: 9781526741424
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Genre: Law & Politics
Release Date: 13/05/2019
Description: The British Chieftain - designed in the late 1950s as the replacement for the Centurion - was perhaps the best main battle tank in service with Nato during the 1960s and 1970s. Its 120mm rifled main gun and advanced armour made it one of the most formidable tanks of its time, and Robert Jackson's book is an authoritative introduction to it.Although it was intended to fight Soviet armour on the plains of northern Germany, it was in the heat and sand of the Middle East that the Chieftain fought its major battles during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, and it proved to be very effective during the Gulf War of 1991\. Variants of the Chieftain were exported to Iran, Oman, India, Kenya and Nigeria, and its chassis was adapted to fulfil a variety of tasks, including armoured recovery and bridge-layingAs well as tracing the history of the Chieftain, Robert Jackson's work provides an excellent source of reference for the modeller, providing details of available kits and photographs of award-winning models, together with artworks showing the colour schemes applied to these tanks. Each section of the book is supported by a wealth of archive photographs.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Series: Tank Craft
Release Year: 2019

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