Product Description

The Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank is the current MBT of the British Army and represents the culmination of 80 years of tank design. Its development began in 1986. In 1987, the design was presented to the Ministry of Defence in response to a requirement to replace the Chieftain MBT that had been partially superseded by the Challenger 1 MBT. Production began in 1993, and the tank finally entered service in 2002. This tank recently appeared in Iraq, where it proved indispensable during the battle of Basra. This book covers the evolution of the Challenger 2, from its origins to its involement in the Middle East and Iraq.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133421 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-11
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

Challenger 2 Tank
Simon Dunstan has written some outstanding books for Osprey including 1973 Sinai Campaign , but he defintely falls way short here.

I have most of the Osprey books on New vanguard Series and some like Zaloga's have been excellent . However much to my disappointment Dunstan focus is mostly on the Iraqi battle performance to the detriment of and completely devoid of any technical descriptions or details on the Challenger II except for the centre cut-away.

Dunstan probably wants us to look at other books for basic technical details on the Challenger and this is most surprising as even 1 page technical Description is not there - tip avoid it if u are looking for tech details

At least Dunston had a couple of pages technical description in his earlier Challenger I title

A more apt title would have been "Challenger at war"