Chris F Foss has been writing on armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems since 1970 and has written and edited well over 60 books on this and allied subjects including air defence systems. He has also edited a major defence magazine and contributed on a wide range of land based weapon systems to countless magazines world wide. Besides lecturing on AFVs around the world Foss has also driven well over 40 tracked and wheeled armoured vehicles and chaired a number of major defence conferences on armoured fighting vehicles and artillery systems. He is married with 3 grown up children.