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Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1966 to present: An insight into the design, construc
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- ISBN
- 9781785210594
- Book Title
- Chieftain Tank Manual O/P
- Item Length
- 11in
- Publisher
- Haynes Publishing Group P.L.C.
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century
- Item Width
- 8.6in
- Item Weight
- 26.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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The Chieftain was the British Army's Main Battle Tank for twenty years, first entering service with the 11th Hussars in 1966. One of the first true Main Battle Tanks, it was designed to replace both medium (Centurion) and heavy (Conqueror) tanks in front line service and provided the backbone of the British Army's heavy armour at the height of the Cold War. It incorporated a lot of revolutionary design features, although some did not work as well as expected. For example, in order to reduce height the driver lay in a reclining position and changed gear with his foot. The L11 120mm gun used a self-combusting bagged charge instead of a brass cartridge case (the gun proved to be highly successful); and the tank was powered by a multi-fuel engine. The Chieftain was continually upgraded during its service life: later marks were fitted with a laser rangefinder; a computerised fire-control system (IFCS), thermal sights (TOGS) and additional compound armour on the front of the turret and around the driver's hatch (so-called Stillbrew armour). The L60 engine was continually modified and improved to increase its output and reliability. The end result of all these changes was a formidable AFV. The Chieftain hull was also used for a range of specialised AFVs, including armoured recovery vehicles (ARV and ARRV), bridge layers (AVLB) and combat engineering tanks (AVRE). A total of more than 2,200 Chieftains of all types were manufactured by the Royal Ordnance Factories and Vickers Ltd. Some 900 of these served with the British Army while the remaining 1,300 tanks were exported to Iran, Jordan, Kuwait and the Oman. Chieftains saw their share of combat with the Iranian Army in the 1980s when they engaged Iraqi tanks during the Iran-Iraq War, while Kuwaiti Chieftains fought the Iraqi Army during the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Chieftain gun tanks were withdrawn from front-line service with the British Army during the late 1980s and early 1990s, but Chieftain recovery and combat engineering vehicles served with the British Army during the operations to liberate Kuwait in 1991 (Desert Storm).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Haynes Publishing Group P.L.C.
ISBN-10
1785210599
ISBN-13
9781785210594
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227696929
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chieftain Tank Manual O/P
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century
Publication Year
2016
Genre
History
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
8.6in
Item Weight
26.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ug446.5
Table of Content
* Published in association with The Tank Museum, Bovington * Experienced military author and former tank commander * Author has been given full and exclusive access to the Tank Museums collection of Chieftains * Fully illustrated with archive photos, technical drawings and detailed photography of the Tank Museums Chieftains
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-930198
Dewey Decimal
623.74752
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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