New Vanguard 80
Subtitle: Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1965-2003
Contributors: Peter Sarson (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: September 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781841767192
Subjects: Land forces & warfare; Military vehicles; World history: postwar, from c 1945 -; 21st century; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History: American; History; History - Military / War; USA; Military - Weapons; History / Military / General; Military - Other
First sentence: Although the British invented the tank and used it to telling effect in the final offensives of the Great War, further development withered on the vine in the years of post-war austerity and the conflicting demands of policing a worldwide empire.