A comprehensive overview of the work of the Military Vehicles
Research and Development Establishment on Chobham Common, which
provided armoured vehicles for the British Army from 1945 to its
close in 2004. Through much of World War II British tanks and
armoured vehicles were outmatched by the German tanks they
encountered and this led to the British Army placing much emphasis
on ensuring that the same situation would not arise again if the
Cold War turned hot. The task of developing the Main Battle Tanks
and supporting armoured vehicles to out-range and quickly destroy
the Soviet threat fell to the scientists and engineers at the
Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment on Chobham
Common near to Chertsey. It was the design authority for all
British Military vehicles for most of the period. Military vehicle
and equipment expert William Suttie draws extensively on official
MOD reports to tell the story of the development of the British
Cold War armour, such as the Centurion, Chieftain, Challenger, and
many other wheeled and tracked armour vehicles that served the
British Army of The Rhine. The vehicles developed at the Chertsey
site were never used for their intended purpose on the plains of
North-west Germany, but have proved their worth in British
operations in places like Korea, Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq and
Afghanistan, as well as in the hands of other users around the
world. Fully illustrated with photographs, schemes and drawings,
including some that have never been published before, this is a
unique detailed overview of the development of all post-war British
armoured vehicles.
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