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BATTLE
TANKS
POST-WAR TANKS 1946–2016
SIMON DUNSTAN
BRITISH
OSPREY PUBLISHING
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First published in Great Britain in 2020
This electronic edition published in 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Some of the material in this book has been previously published as: NVG 23: Challenger Main Battle Tank 1982–
97; NVG 68: Centurion Universal Tank 1943–2003; NVG 80: Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1965–2003; NVG 112:
Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank 1987–2006. Artwork on pages
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1.
CENTURION
Chapter 2.
VICKERS BATTLE TANKS
Chapter 3.
CHIEFTAIN
Chapter 4.
CHALLENGER
Chapter 5.
CHALLENGER 2
AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
4
6
10
114
128
174
226
291
296

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