Chieftain: Britain’s Flawed Masterpiece (Green Series) Paperback – July 26, 2019

This is a big, thick and incredibly informative reference to the British Arm Chieftain Tanks. All makes, all upgrades, all models and a good history of foreign users.I own every reference currently available about the Chieftain and this is my "first look" when I am looking for something.Printing is clean and crisp, photos are very clear, and the book flows chronologically from the first concept to the last iteration.If you are a modeler like me, and a Chieftain lover like me, this is the one book you simply must have.

A very interesting story of the Chieftain MBT. Mr Kent covers the design and use of the tank as well as it's service both British as well as the other nations that used it. I found the visual references extremely helpful as I am planning on building an accurate model of this tank, and I recommend this book heartily for anyone else doing the same.

Fairly comprehensive cover of the subject by an ex tankie & modeller.As such this is not a dry dusty read, but has plenty of armour anecdotes, sprinkling the pages with stories of the perils & pitfalls of life in the tanks.There are walk-rounds of a couple of different Chieftains , both Gun (Mk 10 & Mk 11) & Willich AVRE & ARRV Mk 7 - typically you find walk-rounds in separate publications – so quite a bold move.Doesn’t quite work, due to a couple of factors – the photos are a bit on the small side - mostly 85 mm X 55 mm – you really want large pics when working on a model, and a few are too dark – the joys of photography in a dark hangar.The main bugbear is that the photos are haphazard. Preferably they’d be arranged by area – Bow, rear, turret, interior, engine etc so a particular area can be found readily, without having to look thru half the book (actually only 33 pages of 184 tot) each time. Perhaps a second Edition will correct that?

an excellent coverage on the history of this controversial tank, it finally gives detail on the combat operations in Kuwait 1991, although understandably there isn't much detail regarding the Iranian operational use. Many social history details. all in all, the best monograph on the Chieftain I have found. The details on the developmental process and British tactical use are worth their weight in gold