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Christopher F Foss

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Christopher F Foss


Christopher F Foss is an internationally recognised authority on armoured fighting vehicles, artillery and other weapon systems, having written and edited more than 100 books on this and allied subjects since 1970.

Until mid-2017, Chris was editor of Jane’s Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Janes AFV System Upgrades and co-editor of Jane’s Artillery and Air Defence and Janes Military Vehicles and Logistics.

He has also contributed articles on a wide range of land-based weapon systems to numerous defence magazines all over the world.

Chris launched Jane’s Defence Review which also included a section on Soviet intelligence that was spun off to Janes Intelligence Review. Until late 2021, Chris was consulting editor for Jane’s Defence Weekly and Janes International Defence Review.

Chris has lectured on armoured vehicles and other weapon systems in a number of countries, chaired more than 50 conferences and driven about 60 tracked and wheeled armoured vehicles.

Engineering and design mean smaller vehicles can be tank killers but is it a good idea?

Land Warfare

Engineering and design mean smaller vehicles can be tank killers but is it a good idea?

29th September 2025

The eulogy for the dedicated tank hunter or buster appears to have been written with most armies putting them out to retirement in the face of alternatives like longer-range missiles or uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). However, arming infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) or armoured personnel carriers (APCs) with medium-range missiles seems to indicate some kind of tank killer is required.

Spira’s Ilgar loitering munition in service

Land Warfare

Spira’s Ilgar loitering munition in service

22nd September 2025

Armed forces are now procuring large numbers of loitering munitions with many developers having evolved their own designs to meet this burgeoning demand. Turkey’s Spira is one such company and is fulfilling contracts and developing new missiles.