Tamiya 35154 - 1/35 British MBT Challenger 1 (Mk.3)  [35154]

The Challenger demonstrated and proved its combat worth through the current Gulf Conflict. Along with painting the tank with a typical sand color, numerous changes for desert operations had been achieved, including a much better cooling system; better atmosphere cleansers; a strengthened transmission; additional side skirts from Chobham armor for additional protection, plus bolt-on Reactive armor placed on leading area; an additional 200 liters of fuel ended up being carried in outside tanks mounted on a corner of tan, which greatly stretched its range; extra outside stowage containers; and utilization of low or zero maintenance batteries.

Despite operations in to the harsh wilderness environment, the Challengers maintained a superb "in solution" and availability figure that exceeded 90per cent. This success, along side its accurate and hefty firepower, pointed toward Challenger as being one of the better main battle tanks utilized through the Conflict.