Tank Craft: Chieftain British Cold War Main Battle Tank Tank Stuart tactics and organisation

tactics and organisation

which were attached to the front of the tank to allow it to move through the thick brush

Features such as the robust suspension and the split type differential have a rich detailed finish

it weaves together the drama and tragedy of that terrible year

Tank Craft: Chieftain British Cold War Main Battle Tank Tank Stuart tactics and organisationBy Robert Jackson 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