A hundred and forty-five colour photographs and plates illustrate the latest new book from Concord - Challenger 1 & 2: Spearhead of the British Royal Armoured Corps. The Royal Armoured Corps provides the tank force to the British Army, and is today composed of eight Challenger 1 and 2 regiments. The first Challenger 1s were delivered to the British Army in 1983. The Challenger 1 is armed with the L11A5 120mm rifled gun, weighs 62 tons, and has a crew of four. During the Gulf War, Challenger tanks destroyed 300 enemy main battle tanks and an unknown number of armoured vehicles. Modifications to the Challenger resulted in the Challenger 2 which has up-to-date armour, mobility, firepower, and fire control technology. The main weapon is the easy to handle 120mm L30 Charm Gun. The first Challenger 2s were delivered to the RAC in 1998 and a total of 386 Challenger 2s will equip the British Army by the year 2002. This is the most up to date book possible on the British Army’s current main battle tank. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 106 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com