Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank

Author : Robert Griffin
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526756544
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger 1 written by Robert Griffin and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at this sophisticated armored vehicle with photos, technical details, and modeling information. During the 1980s and early 1990s the Challenger 1 main battle tank played a central role in Britain’s armored forces and achieved remarkable success in combat, destroying around 300 Iraqi tanks in the Gulf War. With its advanced Chobham armor and hydropneumatic suspension system, it was one of the most sophisticated and effective armored vehicles of the time and, in a modified form, it is still in service with the Jordanian army. It is also a popular subject with tank modelers and enthusiasts. Archive photos of the Challenger 1 in service and extensively researched color profile illustrations depict the tank throughout its operational life. A large part of the book showcases available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined, and provide everything the modeler needs to recreate an accurate representation of the Challenger 1.

Author : Simon Dunstan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472854357
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger Main Battle Tank 1982–97 written by Simon Dunstan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Robert Griffin
Publisher : Tankcraft
ISBN 13 : 9781526756572
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger 2 written by Robert Griffin and published by Tankcraft. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pioneering tank crew of the First World War would be astonished by the advances made in the design of armoured fighting vehicles over the last 100 years which have resulted in the Challenger 2, the current main battle tank in service with the British army. In terms of its speed, manoeuvrability and firepower, and the protection it provides for its crew, the Challenger 2 is one of the most advanced and sophisticated tanks ever built, and it is a popular subject with tank modellers and enthusiasts. That is why this volume in the TankCraft series on the Challenger, featuring hundreds of photographs and specially commissioned colour profiles, is absorbing reading and such a valuable work of reference.Archive photos of the Challenger 2 in service and extensively researched colour profile illustrations depict the tank throughout its operational life. A large part of the book showcases available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined and provide everything the modeller needs to recreate an accurate representation of the Challenger 2.

Author : Richard Kent
Publisher : MMP
ISBN 13 : 9788367227650
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank written by Richard Kent and published by MMP. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features plans of the famous Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank in 1/35, 1/48, 1/72 and 1/76 scales.

Author : Robert Griffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788362878956
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank, Volume 1 written by Robert Griffin and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank was Great Britain's second purpose-designed Main Battle Tank and served as the spear point of the Royal Armored Corps for nearly 20 years. The Challenger 1 proved to be an excellent combat vehicle in Operation Granby after a controversial early career in the British Army, and it continues to serve the Jordanian army to the present day. Robert Griffin tells the story of the Challenger 1's development and service, in this first volume of a two part study for the Kagero Photosniper series.

Author : Richard Kent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788366549937
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger 1. Britain's Orphan Tank written by Richard Kent and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001.This book provides the reader with the full and unvarnished story of the origins, development, decades of service, and combat history of the Challenger 1 Tank. The text is interspersed with numerous photographs, many published for the first time, alongside color profiles and scale plans, including those of rare and unusual variants. It also relates the experiences of the crews who lived and worked on the Challenger 1, often in the irreverent style typical of Army humor.

Author : Dick Taylor
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9780857338150
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank 1983-2001 (FV 4030/4 Model) written by Dick Taylor and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it entered service with the British Army in 1983, the 62-tonne Challenger 1 was the first of a new generation of main battle tanks. Originally intended for use by the Imperial Iranian Army, orders for the tank were cancelled when the Shah was deposed after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and the design was accepted by the British Ministry of Defence as a replacement for the Chieftain.

Author : Niall Edworthy
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141959819
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Main Battle Tank written by Niall Edworthy and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Army's Challenger II Main Battle Tank is one of the most awesome war machines ever built. In March 2003, three Squadrons of Challenger 2s from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, part of Britain's 7th Armoured Brigade, the fabled Desert Rats, gathered in Southern Iraq to prepare for battle.The Army's newest Big Guns were going to war for the first time. But Operation TELIC was a war which the Challenger 2, designed to operate in the fog and mud of the Central European Plain, had never been expected to fight. And one that would quickly break every rule of tank warfare including the golden maxim: never take a tank into a town. In Main Battle Tank, author Niall Edworthy, granted unprecedented access to the Scots DGs, tells the story of an extraordinary chapter in the history of British Army. From the terrifying rescue of a stricken Challenger 2 and countless nerve-shredding raids into Basra and Az Zubyar, to the biggest tank engagement fought by the British since the end of WWII, Main Battle Tank is the brutal, blistering true story of a war that tested man and machine to the bloody limit.

Author : Dick Taylor
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9781785211904
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank Owners' Workshop Manual written by Dick Taylor and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenger 2 (CR2) is the British Army's main battle tank. CR2 is based on the Challenger 1 tank, which served with distinction on operations in the Gulf War and the Balkans. Although a logical development of Challenger 1, CR2 is greatly superior. It is protected by second generation Chobham Armour and features a new digital fire control system that includes a panoramic commander’s sight, a laser range finder and a new version of the Thermal Observation and Gunnery Sight (TOGS II). The turret mounts the high pressure L30 120mm gun that fires conventional APDS-FS, HESH, smoke and depleted uranium projectiles with great accuracy.

Author : Graeme Davidson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780964897
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modelling the Challenger 1 and 2 MBT and Variants written by Graeme Davidson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.