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Title: New Vanguard 80: Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1965-2003 by Simon Dunstan, Peter Sarson ISBN: 1-84176-719-0 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: A great start, but would be better with more combat history.
Comment: I liked this book for the simple reason that it is the only one thus far published which contains decent color side plates of the Chieftain main battle tank. So far there have been only two other publications (the long out of print "Fotofax" edition by Simon Dunstan, and the current and well done "Chieftain" by Bob Griffin) dedicated to this the most powerful and sophisticated MBT in the world from the late 60's to early 1980's (and one that would do justice to this day to any of the current generation of MBT's). I was hoping this one would fill in some of the holes that the other two left. I would have liked to read more about Iran's use of the vehicle in combat in the 1980 to 1988 Iran-Iraq War (including details of how many they lost) which this book really does not cover at all, simply stopping at analyzing the variants sold to the Iranians. To be totally fair, accurate information on Iran's use of her armor in the Iran-Iraq war is very difficult to come by, due to the political situation that has obtained there since 1979. It would have been nice to have a color plate of an Iranian Chieftain as well as some photos of them as well, since they were one of the most important users of the tank (they had as many as the British Army itself as of 1980). It would also have been nice to see some more on Kuwait's use of the tank during the Iraqi invasion in 1990 and the subsequent liberation of that country.
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Title: M60 Main Battle Tank 1960-1991 (New Vanguard, 85) by Richard Lathrop, John McDonald, Jim Laurier ISBN: 1841765511 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Centurion Universal Tank 1943-2003 (New Vanguard, 68) by Simon Dunstan, Peter Sarson ISBN: 184176387X Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: M24 Chaffee Light Tank 1943-85 by Steve Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Jim Laurier ISBN: 1841765406 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: M4 (76Mm) Sherman Medium Tank 1943-65 by Steven J. Zaloga, Jim Laurier ISBN: 1841765422 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Campaign 118: The Yom Kippur War 1973 (1) The Golan Heights by Simon Dunstan, Kevin Lyles, Howard Gerrard ISBN: 1841762202 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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