- Pen & Sword Military
Chieftain: British Cold War Main Battle Tank
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- Robert Jackson
- Pen & Sword Military
- Paperback
- 9781526741424
- 8.2 X 11.5 X 0.2 inches
- 0.75 pounds
- Political Science > Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
- English
Book Description
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-laying
As 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.
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