Challenger Main Battle Tank, 1984-96 : No.23 Tank Elefant German planners envisioned the tank

German planners envisioned the tank in a secondary role

The booklet is illustrated throughout with lots of colour and black and white photographs and maps

later 7th Armoured Division

From the high-ranking officer who wrote the still-classified British military analysis of the war in Iraq comes the authoritative history of two conflicts which have overshadowed the beginning of the 21st century

Challenger Main Battle Tank, 1984-96 : No.23 Tank Elefant German planners envisioned the tankBy Simon Dunstan The author of this work has had access to de classified material on the part the Challenger tank played in the Gulf War. Originally developed for the Iranian army in the mid 1970s, the British were reluctantly forced to accept it themselves after the revolution in 1979.