1/35 Tamiya UK MBT Challenger 1 Mk.3 (Desert Camo)
I'm already have 2 challenger 1 right now. This model I ask my modeler to painted it in desert camo. I satisfied the result of this model. Long time ago, I hired another modeler to build this kit but that modeler cannot give the good result that I wanted to see and because of that issue, I give this model again to my favourite modeler (Yamin Ishak) to rebuild an repaint and the result is what you can see in the picture. Challenger 1 Mk.3
The British FV4030/4 Challenger 1, was the main battle tank (MBT) of the British Army from 1983 to the mid 1990s, The Challenger design by the former Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (MVEE) near Chobham in Surrey originated in anIranian order for an improved version of the Chieftain line of tanks in service around the world. These were the Chieftain Mk5(P)- FV4030/1, FV4030/2 Shir (Lion)1 and 4030/3 Shir 2. With the fall of the Shah of Iran and the collapse of the UK MBT80 project, the British Army became the customer and the tank was further developed by MVEE to meet Western European requirements. For a short time the tank was named "Cheviot" before becoming "Challenger", a name reused from a cruiser tank of the Second World War.
The most revolutionary aspect of the Challenger 1 design
was its Chobham armour which
gave protection far superior to any monolithic Rolled Homogeneous Armour (RHA), which was the then standard of
tank armour material. This armour has been adopted by others, most notably the
American M1 Abrams. Additionally the Hydrogas suspension fitted provided outstanding
cross-country performance through the long suspension arm travel and controlled
bump and rebound behaviour offered.
The Challenger was built by the Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). In 1986, ROF Leeds (and the Challenger production line)
was acquired by Vickers Defence Systems (later Alvis Vickers).
Challenger 1 competed in the Canadian Army Trophy Competition in 1987. It scored more
direct hits than its competitor, but the poor fire control system and sights
caused it to be the slowest firer, and it was placed last in the league tables.
180 Challenger tanks were deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Granby, the UK operation in the Persian Gulf War which this MBT has
destroyed around 300 iraqi armoured vehicle without single lost of Challenger
during Operation Desert Storm. Challengers were
also used by the British Army in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Operation Joint Guardian, the NATO-led drive into Kosovo.
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